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Jail for small time dealer caught with €280k worth of cocaine in own home

Summary

Emma Burgess, 38, of Parkview, Rathborne, Dublin 15, was sentenced to four years' imprisonment after pleading guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possessing €280,000 worth of cocaine for sale or supply at her home on 5 May 2023. Garda Shane Cunningham reported that Burgess admitted to gardaí that she had been supplying a small amount of cocaine, had run up a drug debt of about €15,000, and had agreed to keep the drugs at her home to repay part of that debt. A warrant secured a search of her home, where four kilograms of cocaine were found on top of a wardrobe in a bedroom. Burgess admitted responsibility for the drugs but could not identify the person who had given them to her. She said she had arranged to pick them up from the carpark at Crumlin's Children's Hospital, met an unknown person there, and was handed a heavy black bin.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Jail for small time dealer caught with €280k worth of cocaine in own home. Charges or matters: having the drugs for sale or supply at her home on May 5, 2023. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• May 5, 2023 Incident
• 2024-04-15 Publication

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Drugs Stage Sentence

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