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Dealer caught with €600k in drugs in own apartment gets 7.5 years
Summary
James Maguire, 59, of Cabra Park, was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing €597,188 worth of heroin, cocaine and tablets for sale or supply. Gardaí seized the drugs in his apartment in the Old Distillery, Smithfield, Dublin 7, where they found bags of cocaine and heroin, tablets, weighing scales, €5,995 in cash, a drug press, bottles of ammonia, €2,050 hidden in a washing machine, and a machine for compressing drugs. Mixing agents such as caffeine, paracetamol and benzocaine were also recovered. A BMW parked in the apartment's garage contained over €350,000 worth of cocaine and heroin, bringing the total seized value to €597,188. Maguire, who has 64 prior convictions including three for drug possession, was backdated to his custody entry on 18 December 2022. Judge Martin Nolan noted his guilty plea and cooperation as mitigating factors, yet emphasised his decision to engage in serious drug dealing.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Dealer caught with €600k in drugs in own apartment gets 7.5 years. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- December 18, 2022 Incident
- 2024-02-07 Publication
Why: He said his client was extremely vulnerable because of this, and that this ultimately had led to him cooperating in the sale and supply of drugs from the address. CNI source report
Case subjects
Defendant
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Nolan sentenced Maguire to seven and a half years imprisonment, which was backdated to when Maguire entered custody on December 18, 2022.
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