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Malaysian man jailed for importing cannabis
Summary
Modh Nordin Bin Modh Hassan, a 31‑year‑old Malaysian elevator technician, was sentenced to three years in prison for transporting 11 kg of cannabis worth €224,000 into Ireland. He admitted to the offence after claiming that threats against his wife had compelled him to act. Hassan told Gardaí that a friend he met in Spain had given him the drugs and instructed him to bring them to Ireland, and that he had not been in financial difficulty. He had no prior convictions and had only recently obtained a passport. The court accepted his early guilty plea, full cooperation, and the fact that he was a foreign national with no previous record. The sentence was back‑dated to the date he entered custody in September 2017. The case was heard in the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court by Judge Martin Nolan, with Dominic McGinn SC defending Hassan and Tony McGillicuddy BL prosecuting.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Malaysian man jailed for importing cannabis. Charges or matters: possessing 11kg of cannabis worth €224,000 at Dublin Airport on September 28, 2017. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- September 28, 2017 Incident
- 2018-02-21 Publication
Why: Dominic McGinn SC, defending, submitted to Judge Martin Nolan that his client had written a letter detailing how he had committed the offence because of threats made against his wife. Defence account reported by CNI
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: possessing 11kg of cannabis worth €224,000 at Dublin Airport on September 28, 2017 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He imposed a three year sentence backdated to when Hassan entered custody in September last year.
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