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52-year-old was 'conduit' for €1.4m Kinahan drugs operation

Date
2023-05-08

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

Anthony Glynn, a 52‑year‑old Dublin man, pleaded guilty to two serious offences for the benefit of the Kinahan Organised Crime Group. He admitted possessing €1.4 million in drugs—cocaine and cannabis—and 335 rounds of ammunition between 25 January 2017 and 12 April 2017. Glynn acted as a conduit, relaying messages from his brother Douglas Glynn to Emmet Fogarty, who managed the business premises at Mount Dillon Business Park where the drugs were seized. The court noted Glynn's cooperation and lack of prior convictions, but also his role in the industrial‑scale operation. He will be sentenced at the Special Criminal Court on 19 May, with the maximum penalty for each offence being 15 years' imprisonment. The article reports only the charges and the forthcoming sentencing date, without any outcome or further legal developments.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: 52-year-old was 'conduit' for €1.4m Kinahan drugs operation. Charges or matters: having hundreds of rounds of various ammunition and €1.4m in drugs for the Kinahans; committing a serious offence for the benefit of a criminal organisation by possessing ammunition, to wit 199 rounds of .44 Remington Magnum calibre, 76 rounds of .357 Magnum calibre, 38 rounds of .45 ACP calibre and 22 rounds of .22 LR calibre ammunition, – 335 rounds in total – in circumstances as to give rise to a reasonable inference that the said ammunition was not required for a lawful purpose on the same dates. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

January 25, 2017 Incident
April 12, 2017 Incident
March 2017 Incident
November 2018 Incident
April 2017 Incident
February 2021 Hearing Or Sentence
February 2022 Other
May 19 Hearing Or Sentence
2023-05-08 Publication

Case subjects

Anthony Glynn

Convicted Person

Charges: having hundreds of rounds of various ammunition and €1.4m in drugs for the Kinahans; committing a serious offence for the benefit of a criminal organisation by possessing ammunition, to wit 199 rounds of .44 Remington Magnum calibre, 76 rounds of .357 Magnum calibre, 38 rounds of .45 ACP calibre and 22 rounds of .22 LR calibre ammunition, – 335 rounds in total – in circumstances as to give rise to a reasonable inference that the said ammunition was not required for a lawful purpose on the same dates (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: In March, Douglas Glynn (38) last of Fitzgibbon Court, Dublin 1, was sentenced to eight years for conspiracy to commit a serious offence, namely the possession of 335 rounds of ammunition and conspiracy to possess drugs. Douglas Glynn is also serving a 6.5-year jail sentence imposed in February 2022 for his involvement in a foiled plot to murder Kinahan cartel target James 'Mago' Gately, during which Glynn placed a tracker on the rival Hutch member's car.

Douglas Glynn

Convicted Person