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

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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