Ambulance called as man in 'distress' after being sentenced for transporting €400k of heroin
The man’s one-year-old daughter was in the car at the time of the offence.
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The man’s one-year-old daughter was in the car at the time of the offence.
The practice is said to be becoming more common among addicts.
A man and a woman were arrested on James’ Street earlier today.
Judge John O’Connor described the case as a horror.
The heroin had an estimated value of €150,000.
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Ireland has the third-highest rate of deaths from overdose in Europe.
The HSE believes a more potent drug is being sold as heroin.
Paul Dempsey had developed a gambling addiction and relapsed into heroin use shortly before being caught with the drugs.
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The drugs have an estimated street value of €420,000.
It’s understood the body of one man lay undiscovered for several days.
Two flats in the Dolphin’s Barn area were searched last night.
A 24-year-old man was arrested during a seizure at a Dublin house.
Suspicious activity was reported in the Limekiln Lane area of Dublin.
Detectives were investigating drug trafficking in the midlands.
Gardaí discovered heroin with a street value of €3,000, a handgun and ammunition.
The two men can be questioned for up to a week.
There were 86 poisoning deaths in 2013 where heroin was involved.
The two men, who were arrested in Kildare, appeared before Blanchardstown District Court this morning.
Alan Stone committed the act in the middle of his interview for stealing Fairy Liquid tablets.
At the Merchants Quay Night Café, staff and clients talk about injection centres
The government is considering decriminalising the possession of a small amount of drugs like heroin, cannabis and cocaine.
Two rifles and a shotgun with a silencer and telescopic sights were also found in the seizure.
“I really think people are starting to understand that this is a crisis, a health crisis, and it needs to be treated as such; it’s not just a moral failing.”
Two men were arrested as part of the operation targeting organised crime.
They are being held in two Garda stations.
Glen Murphy McNally died days after discharging himself. An open verdict was returned at the inquest.
A man in his late 30s was arrested at the scene.
They are both due to appear before court at the Criminal Courts of Justice this morning.
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Investigations are ongoing.
The heroin addict failed “in spectacular fashion”, the court heard.
Dublin Lord Mayor Críona Ní Dhálaigh would support their introduction on a pilot basis.
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