Paul Dardis jailed for storing almost €100,000 of cocaine

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Paul Dardis, 40, was jailed for four years after storing €99,169 worth of cocaine in his home and shed. Gardaí found the drugs during a planned search of his Tallaght home on November 18th, 2022; most of the cocaine was in a garden shed, alongside mixing agents and €64 worth of heroin. Weighing scales were also found.

Dardis took responsibility for the drugs and said he had stored the cocaine in return for a reduction in his personal drug debt. Judge Orla Crowe imposed a five-year sentence and suspended its final 12 months.