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'I'm begging you' - drugs and gun accused cries and pleads for judge to give him bail
Courts
Ryan Byrne, 32, cried in Athy District Court as he appealed to Judge Desmond Zaidan to let him out of custody so he could return to his family
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Man stabbed childhood friend in the back during cannabis-induced psychosis
Courts
Garda Dylan Toner told Kieran Kelly BL prosecuting that the victim and Brennan had been childhood school friends
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Gardai seize more than €1.4m worth of herbal cannabis following an intelligence-led operation
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The discovery was made by officers attached to the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, the Ballymun Drug Unit and officers from Revenue.
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€1.2m cannabis haul seized in Dublin as three men arrested
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Officers made the discovery on Tuesday when they uncovered 56.6kgs of the drug which has an estimated street value of €1.13 million.
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Tourist, 18, on Spain girls' holiday left in bad way after being 'spiked' in nightclub
Magaluf
Taylor Coulter, 18, claims she was spiked at a Magaluf nightclub during a girls' holiday
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Revenue officers seize over €153k worth of drugs, weapons, counterfeit goods and more
Revenue
Revenue officers across the country had a busy week
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Drug addict who held knife up to baby during carjacking jailed for eight years
Courts
Aaron McDermott (33) was "highly intoxicated" when he tried to take the car in which the owner was sitting in the back with his five-year-old daughter and seven-month-old son. He has been disqualified from driving for 20 years
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Gardai uncover fully operational cocaine lab during major Kildare drugs raid
Drugs seizures
Three men, aged in their 30s and 40s, were arrested on suspicion of involvement in drug trafficking.
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Irish committee recommends decriminalising drugs possession for personal use
Drugs
The Joint Committee on Drugs Use made 161 recommendations in its report published on Wednesday
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Emerging rapper jailed over 'online drugs supermarket' linked to Drogheda feud gang
Courts
An emerging rapper and another man have been jailed for running an online drugs operation called 'Poundland' on behalf of the Boylan Organised Crime Group linked to the Drogheda feud.
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Border Force seizes record 12 tonnes of cannabis worth £139m in largest ever UK bust
Drugs
Around 1,200 boxes of cannabis were found crammed into two shipping containers at Southampton Port
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Man, woman and teen due in court as part of probe into drug-related intimidation
Crime
They are due to appear before Longford District Court on Tuesday afternoon
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Man arrested after €2.9m cannabis seizure at Rosslare Europort
Drugs
The seizure was made after Revenue officers stopped and searched an accompanied freight unit that had disembarked from a ferry arriving from Dunkirk, France on Thursday, June 4.
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Drugs boss escapes from Warrington prison with major manhunt underway
Drugs
Daniel Buckley was last seen at HMP Thorn Cross in Appleton on the morning of Saturday, May 30
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Gardai seize kilo of cocaine in Meath, as well as hundreds of thousands in cash
Drugs seizures
Three men have been arrested
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Garda checkpoint warning as 24 motorists arrested on first day of bank holiday crackdown
Gardai
Cops began their bank holiday roads policing operation on Thursday, and it will run until Tuesday, June 2.
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Man held after €1.5m cannabis seizure as gardai confirm third major drugs bust in single day
Drugs seizures
Authorities have confirmed it was one of three controlled drug seizures made during joint operations on Friday, May 22.
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'I had near-death experience after overdose and what I saw changed my life forever'
Drugs
The 37-year-old said she saw thousands of souls in heaven and knows she will go back there one day - but first she needs to serve her purpose on earth.
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Man arrested after gardai seize €360k worth of suspected illegal drugs following search of car in Mayo
Drugs seizures
Gardai from the Mayo Roscommon Longford Divisional Drugs Unit stopped and searched the car on Monday evening, May 18, while on patrol
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Gardai launch major drug search in Dublin park linked to organised crime and anti-social behaviour
Organised Crime
The search operation is being led by Clondalkin Garda Station, with assistance from Detective Gardaí attached to Serious Crime South, the DMR (West) Divisional Search Team, and National Support Services.
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Matthew Perry ketamine supplier Erik Fleming sentenced to two years in prison
Drugs
“It’s truly a nightmare I can’t wake up from. I’m haunted by the mistakes I made.”
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Irishman arrested after Spanish cops 'smash international drugs gang'
Drugs
Spain's Guardia Civil say the gang had been sending drugs in the post all over Europe - including to Ireland. They say they had been investigating the outfit for almost two years.
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'Demon' made threats to have man 'tied down and raped' by 'two junkies' over drug debt
Special Criminal Court
Mark Salmon said he would get “junkies” to rape the man and that he would be driven over with a car and shot if he survived
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International police join forces to disrupt world's biggest cocaine highway that branches into Ireland
Cocaine
The smuggling route sees thousands of kilos sent from South America to Europe - the world’s most lucrative cocaine market - every single year
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