David Dowling jailed for laundering €169,000 drug money

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David Dowling was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for laundering drug money. The proceedings were reported on 14 November 2017.

In September 2015, Dowling was caught picking up a package from a car during a meeting at Westend retail park. It contained €69,610 in cash. During a subsequent search of his family home in Clonsilla, gardaí seized a further €99,020 and a vacuum-packing machine. The report gave the total as €169,000.

The report said the money was proceeds of drug dealing and was due to be moved abroad. Judge Martin Nolan described Dowling as an essential part of a drug-dealing enterprise and said he was helping those at the top by handling its profits.