The “warehouse man” in a Dublin drugs cartel has been jailed for 12 years for possession of cannabis and cocaine worth over €1 million.
Ronald McCann (36) of Oliver Bond House, Dublin 8 pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possessing around 46kg of cannabis worth €280,000 and several rounds of blank ammunition in the boot of his Nissan Colt company car. A further 120kg of cocaine valued at over €800,000 was later found in a flat on Nicholas Street on September 25th, 2007.
Detective Garda Daragh Daly said McCann was the "warehouse man" in the drugs operation. He agreed with defence counsel Giollaíosa Ó Lideadha that his client was a "decent" man, a good father and a good employee who took responsibility for his offence but couldn't name the drug dealers he worked with because it would endanger his life.
However, Judge Desmond Hogan said that McCann had a very important role in the operation "and was certainly not on the bottom rung of the (drugs trade) ladder"
Judge Hogan accepted McCann's previous good character and suspended the final two years of his sentence directing that he undergo a drug treatment programme on his release if the probation services deemed him suitable.