Drugs Ruling: Illegality ruling raised in hearing over drugs

A drug dealer has raised with a circuit court judge the issue of yesterday’s Court of Appeal ruling that the illegality of certain drugs is now unconstitutional.

Judge Martin Nolan had remanded Darren Snee, aged 25, in custody before lunch yesterday after he pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of cocaine, cannabis, and MDMA, otherwise known as ecstasy, for sale or supply at his home on November 18, 2013.

Snee, of Oak Court Close, Palmerstown, Dublin, is due to be sentenced on March 27, after the court heard the MDMA had a street value of €17,050, the cannabis was worth €819, and the cocaine was valued at €399.