Mark O'Dwyer jailed for €4m drug possession

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Mark O'Dwyer was jailed for five years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. He pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis and heroin for sale or supply and to three charges of possessing stun guns. The offences were at a Ballyfermot Drive address on 17 July 2017. The proceedings were reported on 8 May 2018.

The drugs were worth €4,170,932. Detective Garda Brian Foran said officers found 188kg of cannabis herb, 2.9kg of heroin and equipment including sealers and a weighing scales. He confirmed that none of the stun guns worked when tested.

Judge Martin Nolan accepted that O'Dwyer had no proprietary interest in the drugs, while saying he must have known it was a serious drug operation. The judge also accepted that O'Dwyer had co-operated with gardaí and had success on a methadone programme.