Philip Noonan jailed for €288,000 ecstasy haul in Dublin

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Philip Noonan was jailed for two and a half years for possessing ecstasy for sale or supply at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 5 July 2018. The drugs were collected at his home on Viking Road, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7.

The 36,000 tablets, valued at €288,000, had arrived from Germany in a package addressed to Noonan. Customs alerted gardaí, who arranged for a garda dressed as a postman to deliver it in an An Post van. Noonan signed for the parcel and was arrested. He pleaded guilty on the day his trial was due to begin. The court heard he was not the owner but had agreed to receive the drugs for onward delivery.