Patrick Morgan jailed for prison drug possession

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Patrick Morgan was jailed for four months for possessing heroin and cannabis for sale or supply at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 19 November 2019. The drugs were found in Kinder Surprise eggs at Mountjoy Prison.

The sentence was ordered to run consecutively to the five-year term Morgan is already serving for dangerous driving causing death. The court heard the eggs contained €468 worth of heroin and €656 worth of cannabis.