Woman gets suspended term over €80k drug stash

A woman who has Crohn’s disease, has received a fully suspended sentence after more than €80,000 worth of cannabis was found at a house she shared.

Jennifer Maguire, aged 24, of Willow Wood Walk, Hartstown, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to the possession of a controlled drug for the purpose of selling or supplying it to another person at Coolmine Cottages on December, 11 2014.

Gardaí found cannabis in a bedroom, in a clothes dryer in another room, and in a sports bag. A notebook, a weighing scales, a cannabis grinder, and a number of bags were also found.