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Seven-year sentence for man caught making heroin transaction in Bus Aras

Summary

Patrick Constant, aged 32, received a seven‑year prison sentence with four years suspended for possessing 122.6 grammes of heroin worth €18,390 in Dublin's Bus Aras on 17 February 2015. He will begin serving the sentence after completing a three‑year term for a prior drugs offence. Constant, of Riverview Estate Tower, Blarney, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Garda Joanne Myles described how she approached him in the Bus Aras lobby after hearing a question about a package, and how he resisted her attempt to handcuff him. She later found a heroin package in a sock between his trouser legs. Constant claimed he was receiving €500 to offset a €3,000 drug debt if he collected a package in Dublin and returned it to Cork. He said he had been promised a job upon release.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Seven-year sentence for man caught making heroin transaction in Bus Aras. Charges or matters: possessing 122.6 grammes of heroin worth €18,390 at Bus Aras, Store Street on February 17, 2015. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• February 17, 2015 Incident
• 2015-12-01 Publication

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Drugs Stage Sentence

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