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A father of one who was holding cocaine in order to pay off a drug debt has been jailed for three years.
Kyle Rafferty (23) of St Ronans Crescent, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of 1kg of cocaine for sale or supply in Clondalkin on November 25th, 2019.
He has 11 previous convictions from the District Court including traffic offences, assault and public order.
Detective Garda Conor OâSullivan told Kate Egan BL, prosecuting, that following a tip off, a house was put under Garda surveillance and Rafferty was spotted exchanging a package with another man.
Rafferty was approached by gardaÃ. He had dropped a paper bag and a mobile phone which were picked up and the bag was found to contain â¬70,000 worth of cocaine.