Kerry businessman Nathan McDonnell jailed for 12 years over €32m crystal meth trafficking plot

McDonnell was sentenced to 12 years for drug importation and six years for facilitating organised crime for his involvement in a plot with the Mexican Sinaloa cartel

Nathan McDonnell was sentenced to 12 years for drug importation and six years for facilitating organised crime. Picture: Domnick Walsh

Prominent Kerry businessman Nathan McDonnell has been jailed for 12 years for his involvement in a plot with the Mexican Sinaloa cartel to traffic crystal meth through Ireland.

The quantity of the drugs – the largest ever seized by the state, worth €32.4m — was an aggravating factor, Hon Ms Justice Melanie Greally told his sentencing hearing at the Special Criminal Court today.