BREAKING: Limerick truck driver jailed for importing €1.6 million of drugs into Ireland
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A Limerick truck driver who imported over €1.6 million of ketamine, MDMA and cocaine has been jailed for three and a half years.
Alyvydus Simkus (48), who has no other serious criminal convictions, told gardaí that he was paid £50 to take the drugs into the country.
Detective Garda Ronan Doolin told Garret Baker BL, prosecuting, that gardaí received confidential information that drugs would be imported into the State on the date in question.
Det Gda Doolin said the truck Simkus was driving was stopped in Dublin Port having arrived in a ferry from the UK. He was directed to go New Customs House where his truck was searched.
A Limerick truck driver who imported over €1.6 million of ketamine, MDMA and cocaine has been jailed for three and a half years.
Alyvydus Simkus (48), who has no other serious criminal convictions, told gardaí that he was paid £50 (€56) to take the drugs into the country.
Detective Garda Ronan Doolin told Garret Baker BL, prosecuting, that gardaí received confidential information that drugs would be imported into the State on the date in question.
Det Gda Doolin said the truck Simkus was driving was stopped in Dublin Port having arrived in a ferry from the UK. He was directed to go New Customs House where his truck was searched.
Limerick truck driver jailed for importing €1.6 million worth of drugs to Ireland
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File photo. Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin.
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A LIMERICK TRUCK driver who imported over €1.6 million of ketamine, MDMA and cocaine has been jailed for three and a half years.
Alyvydus Simkus (48), who has no other serious criminal convictions, told gardaí that he was paid £50 to take the drugs into the country.
Detective Garda Ronan Doolin told Garret Baker BL, prosecuting, that gardaí received confidential information that drugs would be imported into the State on the date in question.