Cork Circuit Criminal Court jailed 49-year-old motorist Piotr Szczepanik for two years and six months for drug-dealing.[1] Detective Garda Dylan Murphy charged Szczepanik, of Woodview, Pinecroft, Grange, Cork, with having cannabis for sale or supply at his home on 11 June 2025 and a similar offence in a vehicle on South Douglas Road the same day.[1] Szczepanik pleaded guilty to the charges.[1] Detective Garda Dylan Murphy had arrested the then 48-year-old Szczepanik at South Douglas Road, with a follow-up search at his Grange home then alleged to have found about €10,000 worth of cannabis.[2] Judge Helen Boyle imposed three years and six months with the last year suspended.[1]

On 11 June 2025 members of the Cork county divisional drugs unit stopped Szczepanik while he was driving at South Douglas Road.[1] When told there would be a search under the Misuse of Drugs Act, he removed clingfilm-wrapped cannabis from his pants and handed it over.[1] There were two more clingfilm-wrapped cannabis packets in the steering wheel and a fourth was found in the search.[1] The cannabis in the car had a total value of €348.[1] During a search of the bedroom at the Grange house, a suitcase held fifteen individual clingfilm-wrapped cannabis packets with a total value of €6,972.[1] The total value of cannabis in the car and the house amounted to €7,310.[1] Also found in the wardrobe with the case were two industrial rolls of clingfilm, and his passport.[1] He cooperated with gardai and gave them the key to the property where most of the cannabis was located.[1]

He denied dealing, saying he gave cannabis to one friend and would have smoked the rest himself, but gardai doubted this account.[1] Judge Boyle said the quantity was too large to be explained in terms of personal consumption.[1] He had previously been convicted and sentenced to two years with the last nine months suspended for having €7,000 worth of cannabis.[1] His counsel said he was doing courses in relapse aversion, personal development, piano lessons and haircutting in prison, and the judge acknowledged he was trying to better himself.[1]