John Kelly jailed for cocaine and heroin possession

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John Kelly was jailed for four and a half years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for possessing cocaine and heroin for sale or supply. The proceedings were reported on 9 May 2021. Kelly pleaded guilty. The offence occurred at his home address on 21 September 2018, and a separate ammunition count was taken into consideration. Gardaí found drugs worth about €452,400 and 17 shotgun cartridges. Kelly said he had been pressured into storing the drugs and had a drug debt; the prosecution accepted he was under duress. Judge Martin Nolan accepted that Kelly had been put in a difficult position but imposed the four-and-a-half-year sentence.