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Car's lead-lined compartment concealed drugs worth €250k
Summary
A 40‑year‑old Lithuanian man, Donatas Koncevicius, was sentenced to five and a half years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for possessing cannabis herb worth €258,224 in a lead‑lined compartment in his car. Gardaí stopped his vehicle at Junction 4 of the M3 after he had travelled from Dublin to Cherbourg, France, on a ferry. The car's elaborate concealment, located between the back passenger seat and the boot, was accessed by a switch under the driver's seat and required over an hour of forced entry. Koncevicius pleaded guilty to possession for sale or supply and to possessing a concealed compartment to facilitate drug trafficking on 2 March 2024. He had no prior convictions, was married with two daughters, and had been in Ireland for 20 years.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Car's lead-lined compartment concealed drugs worth €250k. Charges or matters: possessing the drugs for sale or supply and to possessing a concealed compartment to facilitate drug trafficking on March 2, 2024. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- March 2, 2024 Incident
- February 23 Hearing Or Sentence
- March 1 Hearing Or Sentence
- March 4 Other
- 2024-11-13 Publication
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: possessing the drugs for sale or supply and to possessing a concealed compartment to facilitate drug trafficking on March 2, 2024 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: A man who concealed cannabis herb worth a quarter of a million euro in an elaborate lead-lined compartment in his car has been jailed for five and a half years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. She suspended the final six months of the sentence and backdated it to March 4, when Koncevicius went into custody.
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