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  2. Suspected cocaine worth 157 million euro found in Ireland’s ...

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    A total of 2,253 kilogrammes of suspected cocaine with a street value of 157 million euro has been seized from a cargo vessel off the south-east coast of Ireland.

  3. Illicit drug use in Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Illicit drug use in Ireland & Northern Ireland has been growing since the mid-1970s. [citation needed] The use by young people of psychedelic drugs, including LSD and cannabis, was recognized at that time. Opiate abuse was uncommon until the 1980s, following events in the opium production centres of Afghanistan and Iran. Government task forces ...

  4. Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 - Wikipedia

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    The acts define the penalties for unlawful production, possession and supply of drugs. In 2015 the 1977 act was declared unconstitutional, immediately legalizing many drugs in Ireland including ecstasy, ketamine, and crystal meth. The situation lasted 24 hours before emergency legislation closing the loophole could take effect. [4]

  5. Kinahan Organised Crime Group - Wikipedia

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    Ian Thomas Dixon – He has arranged multiple payments on behalf of Daniel Kinahan, as well as moved bulk currency in Ireland and the United Kingdom. [47] Douglas Glynn - A footsoldier jailed for 8 years in 2023 for managing a drugs warehouse containing €1.4m of drugs. Glynn is currently serving a 6.5 year sentence for involvement in the ...

  6. Shooting of James Whelan - Wikipedia

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    A gang from the Finglas area has taken over the illicit drug dealing in that area, as well as Ballymun and Coolock. [7] They were connected to the Kinahan Organised Crime Group and took over areas formerly run by them with the gang's blessing. [7] Their leader in particular has close links to the Kinahan gang. [7]

  7. Legal status of methamphetamine - Wikipedia

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    Illegal: Illegal: Under the Misuse of Drugs Act in Singapore, methamphetamine is a Class A — Schedule I controlled drug. [27] Under the Section 17 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, any person who carries 250 or more grammes of the drug shall be presumed to possess them for the purpose of drug trafficking, [28] which is punishable by death. Unless ...

  8. Bederev v Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Bederev v Ireland, [2016] IESC 34; [2016] 3 IR 1, [2016] 2 ILRM 340 [1] is an Irish Supreme Court case which overturned the Court of Appeal's decision that declared s 2 (2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 unconstitutional on the grounds that it infringed on the exclusive authority of the Oireachtas to make legislation. The Court held that s 2(2 ...

  9. Legal status of cocaine - Wikipedia

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    Country Possession Sale Transport Cultivation Notes Afghanistan Illegal: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal: Cocaine is fully illegal in Afghanistan and drug trafficking and drug smuggling are crimes and sins that are punishable by death, cocaine is lesser common that opium in the taliban government, cocaine is forbidden in Afghanistan due to the USA pressure and foreign intervention.