Addict given gun for delivery to Dublin drugs dealer

A LOADED handgun, fitted with a silencer, was given to an Egyptian national by a Limerick gang for delivery to a major drugs dealer in Dublin, a court heard yesterday.

Addict given gun for delivery to Dublin drugs dealer
Fri, 12 Jan, 2007 - 00:00
Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

Ebrihme Hassan, aged 36, with an address at Priory Lodge, Celbridge, Co Kildare, agreed to bring the gun from Limerick to Dublin to pay off a heroin debt of €1,000.

Hassan, who had initially pleaded not guilty to charges of having a Sphynx semi-automatic pistol and six rounds of .38mm bullets, yesterday changed his plea to guilty at Limerick Circuit Court.

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CourtsCrimePlace: DublinPlace: LimerickPlace: Priory Lodge, Celbridge, Co KildarePlace: BLPlace: Hyde RoadPlace: Edward StreetPerson: Ebrihme HassanPerson: HassanPerson: John O’SullivanPerson: GardaíPerson: ChristyPerson: DessiePerson: Det SergeantPerson: Kevin McHughPerson: Eamon O’NeillPerson: DetectivePerson: Garda Dominic ReillyPerson: GardaPerson: Arthur RyanPerson: Det SgtPerson: O’NeillPerson: Michael CollinsPerson: BLPerson: JudgePerson: Carroll MoranOrganisation: Limerick Circuit CourtOrganisation: VW
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