Sentencing adjourned of Kerry businessman Nathan McDonnell over record crystal meth seizure

The case relates to €33m worth of crystal meth which was found concealed in an industrial machine bound for export to Australia on February 15

Nathan McDonnell had pleaded guilty to drug importation into the Port of Cork and to assisting or facilitating a criminal gang to import methamphetamine — more commonly known as crystal meth. File photo: Domnick Walsh

A well-known Kerry businessman who pleaded guilty to charges in connection with the biggest crystal meth seizure in the history of the State had his sentence hearing adjourned on Tuesday.

Nathan McDonnell, former chief executive of Ballyseedy Restaurant Ltd in Tralee, was before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today. Mr McDonnell had pleaded guilty to drug importation into the Port of Cork and to assisting or facilitating a criminal gang to import methamphetamine — more commonly known as crystal meth.