Teenage crack cocaine trafficker given suspended sentence

A Nigerian teenage asylum seeker, who was heavily involved in the sale of crack cocaine in inner city Dublin, has been released on six-month suspended sentence.

Teenage crack cocaine trafficker given suspended sentence

A Nigerian teenage asylum seeker, who was heavily involved in the sale of crack cocaine in inner city Dublin, has been released on six-month suspended sentence.

The 17-year-old had pleaded guilty to trafficking in €3,000 worth of crack cocaine and was believed to be linked to a major Nigerian drugs gang operating in the city-centre, the Dublin Children’s Court had heard.

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