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'Cannon fodder': Kinahan cartel manager jailed for managing 'industrial scale' drugs warehouse

Summary

Douglas Glynn, a manager for the Kinahan cartel, was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court for managing an industrial-scale drugs warehouse. Mr Justice Tony Hunt described Glynn as "cannon fodder" used by higher-level members. Glynn pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess 335 rounds of ammunition and to conspiracy to possess cocaine and cannabis worth over €13,000. The judge fixed a headline sentence of 12 years for the drugs charge, discounted by 25% for his early plea, with the final year suspended for four years under probation supervision. He was also sentenced to four years for the ammunition charge to run concurrently. These sentences run from February 20, when he entered his first plea. Glynn is already serving a seven-and-a-half-year sentence, with the final year suspended, for his role in a foiled plot to murder James 'Mago' Gately. His brother, Anthony Glynn, pleaded guilty to possessing the ammunition and drugs for the gang and was sentenced in February of last year to seven-and-a-half years' imprisonment with the final year suspended. Emmet Fogarty, alleged to be responsible for the unit, was jailed for five years in November 2018 after pleading guilty to possession of the drugs and ammunition. The matter was concluded with these sentences.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: 'Cannon fodder': Kinahan cartel manager jailed for managing 'industrial scale' drugs warehouse. Charges or matters: possessing the ammunition and drugs for an organised crime gang. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• January 25, 2017 Incident
• April 12, 2017 Incident
• February 20 Incident
• January 25, 2014 Incident
• April 4, 2017 Incident
• February 2022 Incident
• March 2017 Hearing Or Sentence
• November 2018 Incident
• April 2017 Incident
• February 2021 Other
• May 2021 Incident
• November 2021 Hearing Or Sentence
• February 2016 Hearing Or Sentence
• December 7, 2016 Incident
• April 6, 2017 Incident
• 2023-03-16 Publication

Case subjects

Places mentioned

Topics

Drugs Stage Sentence Violent Crime

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