Eoin Leonard, Gary St Ledger and Noel Metcalfe jailed for cannabis

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Eoin Leonard, Gary St Ledger and Noel Metcalfe were jailed for possessing cannabis at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 1 June 2016. The offence occurred in Santry, Dublin, on 2 April 2015, when the three men were caught during a planned drug delivery.

The cannabis was contained in two boxes with a combined value of €197,400. Leonard was sentenced to four years in jail, while St Ledger and Metcalfe each received three-and-a-half years.

Judge Martin Nolan said none of the men was close to the top of the drug operation and noted that Leonard had a slightly more serious role.