Three men jailed for three years after €345,000 cash seizure

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Anas Altahlh, Issa Al Aboud and Mohamad Alsourani were each jailed for three years after admitting possession of criminal proceeds. The pleas related to an incident on Drumcondra Road on July 25, when gardaí stopped a taxi bound for Dublin Airport and found more than €345,000 in cash.

The money was found in two suitcases and a backpack carried by Al Aboud. Judge Martin Nolan said the circumstances supported an inference that the men knew they were handling illicit money, and sentenced them on the basis that they were carrying it for some kind of reward. Their terms were backdated to July, when they entered custody.