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Cocaine worth €70k 'inadvertently destroyed' after garda raid, court hears

Summary

Dominik Kaczmarek, 32, of Naas, Co Kildare, was sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to one count of possessing cocaine for sale or supply at his then home address in Tallaght on April 24, 2023. The court heard that gardaí seized two kilos of cocaine from his car during a raid, but one kilo was allegedly 'inadvertently destroyed' by officers before analysis, resulting in charges based on the remaining one kilo. Judge Martin Nolan noted Kaczmarek's long history of addiction and that third parties had exploited this to use him for drug transport. The judge handed down a five and a half-year sentence, suspending the final year on a number of conditions. Kaczmarek has previous convictions, including a prior two-year sentence for a drug offence. His defence counsel highlighted his dysfunctional family life, drug addiction, and lack of financial benefit from the offence. The matter was finalised with this sentencing.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Cocaine worth €70k 'inadvertently destroyed' after garda raid, court hears. Charges or matters: one count of possessing cocaine for sale or supply at his then home address in Tallaght on April 24, 2023. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• April 24, 2023 Incident
• 2024-04-30 Publication

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Drugs Stage Sentence

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