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A DUBLIN MAN who took delivery of a stuffed toy which contained nearly €200,000 worth of cannabis has been jailed for dealing drugs.
Michael McDonald Agu (56) received the large Hello Kitty toy which had come from Thailand. After his arrest he claimed to gardaí that it was delivered to the wrong address but he later admitted tracking the progress of the delivery online.
Agu of Avondale Park, Mulhuddart pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of cannabis for sale or supply at his home on 31 January last.
He also admitted dangerous driving and possession of cocaine for sale or supply at the same location.
Judge Martin Nolan jailed Agu for four years.
Garda Alan Barry told the court that after Agu received the package he made a phone call and then got into his car with the package and drove off. When a garda surveillance team moved in, Agu drove off at speed.
He broke stop signs, mounted a footpath and drove down the wrong side of the road in a residential area. He claimed he was trying to catch up with the postman to tell him he had delivered the package incorrectly.
Agu later admitted meeting a man in a pub some weeks earlier and agreeing to take delivery of the drugs. During his arrest, gardaí found cocaine with an estimated street value of €5,000 on Agu when it fell from a beanie hat he was wearing.
A drugs tick list, bagging and a weighing scales were also found.
The court heard the drugs were intercepted at customs by a sniffer dog. Customs officers found the soft toy inside was stuffed with cannabis weed.
A garda colleague then disguised as a delivery man went to Agu’s home and Agu answered and signed for the package.
Seamus Clarke SC, defending, said the father-of-five was regarded well in his community and a local parish priest described him as “dedicated to peace”.
Judge Nolan noted that Agu had no previous convictions and was unlikely to commit similar offences in the future. But he said these were serious offences.
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The priest should cop himself on, what does commited to peace even mean in this context?
@BarronVonVaderHam: ah…in fairness…you gotta laugh/ “committed to peace”…I loved that line
“He broke stop signs, mounted a footpath and drove down the wrong side of the road in a residential area. He claimed he was trying to catch up with the postman to tell him he had delivered the package incorrectly.”
Haha!
@I get things wrong: even john Cleese wouldn’t manage to come up with a storyline like that
@I get things wrong: gotta hand it to him for trying.
€ 200,000 worth of weed? that`s about 10 kilos of the stuff, ( at garda prices )must have been a whopper of a stuffed toy
@Pixie McMullen: This is the same story first reported on January 31st ?https://www.thesun.ie/news/2121234/gardai-arrest-man-55-after-drugs-worth-e237k-seized-in-dublin-with-cannabis-hidden-in-hello-kitty-toy/
@Pixie McMullen: has to be some mistake there. A 10kg stuffed toy. Doesn’t make sense.
But then a few ounces of coke fell out of his beanie hat…
@John Doe: Don`t know mate, but in the link i posted from January 31st, it says it was 11.5 Kilo of weed
@Pixie McMullen: He was arrested in January but was sentenced only this month.
I’d be dedicated to peace too if I had a gaff full of weed .
The local parish Priest described him as ‘dedicated to peace’!?! WTF has that got to do with possession/supply of cannabis in Dublin?
I’d say he’s feline stupid now
This guy
Dedicated to peace ? Wtf does that even mean ? As for the value/weight it must have been hash or something . There’s no way 11.5 kilos of weed could fit into a toy
He had previously claimed joint ownership with the Doobie Brothers.
Bad Kitty !!
I bet you that tv chefs son won’t get anywhere near that sentence for his importing of cannabis!!!!
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