Cork City Divisional Drugs Squad detectives searched two houses on 15 December 2016 as part of an ongoing investigation into the sale and supply of controlled substances.[1] In a house in Rochestown, on the city’s southside, they found 2 kg of cannabis herb with a street value of €40,000.[1][2] In a follow-up search of a house in Carrigtwohill in east Cork they confiscated €120,000 in cash.[1][2]
Two Polish men in their mid to late thirties were arrested and detained under drug-trafficking legislation, which allows detention of up to seven days, and questioned at Mayfield Garda station on the city’s northside.[1][2] They appeared at a special sitting of Mallow District Court on Saturday, where Daniel Muszak (37) and Grzegorz Majdan (34) were each charged with possession of cannabis and possession of cannabis for sale or supply at Radharc An Caisleán, Carrigtwohill, on December 15th.[3] Muszak told the court through Det Garda Paul Leahy that he was not a drug dealer, while Majdan made no reply when the charges were put to him.[3]
Gardaí objected to bail, saying they feared the men would abscond and commit further offences, but the defence solicitor secured bail and Muszak was remanded on his own bond to Midleton District Court on December 22nd, with conditions including signing on at Midleton Garda station three days a week, surrendering his passport and identity documents, and a 10pm to 7am curfew.[3]
