Karl Brennan sentenced for €400,000 heroin possession

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Karl Brennan was sentenced to six years, with the final two suspended, for possessing €400,000 worth of heroin at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 13 October 2016. The drugs were found at Tower Road, Clondalkin, on 10 December 2015, while Brennan was in a car with his one-year-old daughter. He had pleaded guilty and had no previous convictions. An ambulance was called after he appeared distressed when taken into custody. Brennan had a heart condition, and the person who placed the drugs in his car was not apprehended.