A north County Dublin man caught in the course of a Garda drugs operation with cannabis resin valued at €190,000 was jailed for five years by Judge Desmond Hogan.[1] Liam Arthurs, 31, of Castle View Way in Swords pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to having the cannabis for sale or supply on 7 July 2003.[1]
Swords man jailed five years for €190,000 cannabis resin
Liam Arthurs, 31, of Castle View Way in Swords pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to having cannabis resin valued at €190,000 for sale or supply on 7 July 2003, and Judge Desmond Hogan jailed him for five years.
🇮🇪 Swords, County Dublin · Ireland
- Prison
- 5 years
- Agency
- An Garda Síochána
- Cannabis
- Hashish
- Case stage
- Sentenced
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Prison
- 5 years
- Value (official estimate)
- EUR 190,000
- Agency
- An Garda Síochána
- Agency type
- Police
- Cannabis
- Hashish
- Activity
- Sale
- Setting
- Prison
- Case stage
- Sentenced
- Sentence
- Prison
Sources
- The Irish Timesirishtimes.comTwo more arrested over dumped body
Open questions the AI reported
- Only one source, a brief in The Irish Times news digest of 25 June 2004, could be opened for this case.
- The brief is dated 25 June 2004 and gives no separate date for the sentencing.
- Swords is the address Arthurs gave; where he was caught is not stated.
- The brief gives the resin's value but no weight, so no cannabis quantity is recorded.
- No photograph of the event with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened source.
