Addict jailed for agreeing to distribute €50,000 worth of ecstasy

A drug addict who agreed to hold, transport and distribute almost €50,000 worth of 'ecstasy' tablets to pay off a €6,000 debt has been sentenced to seven years in prison by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

Addict jailed for agreeing to distribute €50,000 worth of ecstasy

A drug addict who agreed to hold, transport and distribute almost €50,000 worth of 'ecstasy' tablets to pay off a €6,000 debt has been sentenced to seven years in prison by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

Damien Costello (28) of Chieftans Drive, Chiefttans Way, Ballbriggan, was stopped by gardaí on the M1 motorway where they found €9,440 worth of the tablets in a lunchbox under the driver’s seat of the Fiat Punto he was driving.

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