Updated / Saturday, 13 Feb 2021
21:14
Both men were refused bail at Naas District Court
Two men charged in connection with an alleged €8.2m drugs find in Straffan and Kill in Co Kildare have appeared before a special court sitting this evening.
Both men were refused bail by Judge Desmond Zaidan at a Naas District Court hearing.
Eric Lawlor, 46, with an address at Baybush House, Baybush, Maynooth, faces allegations of possessing cannabis and cocaine for the purposes of sale or supply and with a breach of the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act at Cypress House, Baybush House, Straffan, on 11 February.
Eugene Mulligan, 49, with an address at Carrigans Upper, Ballymore, County Sligo, faces an allegation of possessing cannabis for the purpose of sale or supply on 11 February.
A shop sales assistant who pocketed more than €1,800 from the till was caught stealing by a CCTV camera directly over his head, a court heard.
Mohsin Shahzad (38) had not been dealing with cash for long and just couldn t resist taking it, a court heard.
Judge Bryan Smyth applied the Probation Act, leaving him without a criminal record after he repaid the money to the shop.
Shahzad, from Pakistan and with an address at Abbeyfield, Milltown, Dublin 6, pleaded guilty to theft at Spar on Church Road, East Wall on four dates last year.
Garda Seamus Donoghue said Shahzad took €773 last November 10 and put it in his pocket.