Dublin man get 13 years for possession of heroin and a firearm

A Dublin man who was renting an apartment for the sole purpose of preparing heroin for sale has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after he also was caught with a loaded semiautomatic pistol in a nightclub.

Trevor Brunton (aged 25) of Broombridge Road, Cabra West, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of the gun at the nightclub in the Spawell Hotel, possession of the heroin, worth €159,361, for sale or supply at Sandlewood Road, Castleknock and possession of ammunition at his home address on December 30, 2006.