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Article: Man gets 12 years for conspiring to import drugs
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- The Irish Times
- Article date:
- October 17, 2009
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A MEATH aviation broker known as "The Boxer" has been sentenced
to 12 years in prison with two suspended for conspiring to import
[euro]7 million worth of heroin and cocaine from Belgium, through
Weston airport outside Dublin.
John Kinsella (38), a former Irish super-heavyweight boxing
champion, Carne Wood, Johnstown, Navan, had pleaded guilty the day
before his trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to conspiring with
others to import the drugs between September 22nd and September
26th, 2006.
After the hearing evidence of the complex Garda investigations
Judge Tony Hunt also called for legislation compelling registration
for pay-as-you-go mobile phones which hindered Garda inquiries
because ...