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Dublin father caught with over 15,000 prescribed drugs to be sentenced next week
Summary
Gavin Kinsella, 27, was arrested after a Garda surveillance operation uncovered 15,908 Zopiclone tablets and a small amount of cannabis in his Summerhill Parade home. The drugs, a prescription‑only medication used for insomnia and anxiety, were found in blister strips and were not available in Irish pharmacies. Kinsella pleaded guilty to unlawfully keeping the prescription‑only product for supply. He claimed he was holding the drugs for someone else to pay off a cocaine debt, but the prosecution argued he was not involved with the same peer group as at the time of his arrest. He has 12 prior convictions, all dealt with in the District Court. Judge Martin Nolan remanded him in custody, revoking his bail, and scheduled his sentencing for the following week. The court urged him to consider the consequences of his actions while remanded.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Dublin father caught with over 15,000 prescribed drugs to be sentenced next week. Charges or matters: unlawfully keeping for supply a prescription only medicinal product at his home in Summerhill Parade, Dublin on December 21, 2013. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- December 21, 2013 Hearing Or Sentence
- December 14 Hearing Or Sentence
- December 20, 2013 Hearing Or Sentence
- June 2012 Adjournment
- December 21 Adjournment
- 2015-12-15 Publication
Why: He claimed he was minding the drugs for someone else in order to pay off a cocaine debt which he had trouble clearing. CNI source report
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: unlawfully keeping for supply a prescription only medicinal product at his home in Summerhill Parade, Dublin on December 21, 2013 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Martin Nolan remanded Kinsella in custody, revoking his bail, until December 21, next for sentence.; Judge Martin Nolan remanded Kinsella in custody, revoking his bail, until December 21, next for sentence.
Places mentioned
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
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