Graigue man sent for trial over €2.5m drug find in Athy
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A MAN charged with the trafficking of €2.5m worth of drugs in Athy last summer is to stand trial at Naas Circuit Court. Cody Dooley, Rochfort Manor, Graiguecullen appeared at the last sitting of Naas District Court in January to have the charge of section 15a of the – trafficking narcotics with a value greater than €10,000 – added to his docket, having been arrested that morning to be formally charged with the new offence.
Mr Dooley (21) had already been charged with possession of drugs and possession with intent to supply – and in all, six of his seven charges were drug related.
The offences are alleged to have occurred at Foxhill, Athy on 27 June last.
It is alleged that on the day in question Mr Dooley and an unnamed accomplice were observed by gardaí moving eight boxes from a van to a shed rented by Mr Dooley, where gardaí discovered 62.5kg of cannabis and a small amount of amphetamines.
At his initial arraignment on 29 June, the defendant was deemed a flight risk and remanded in custody. Although he later was able to get bail in the High Court, he was returned to custody on 28 January because the book of evidence was not ready at that time He stayed in this custody until last week (6 March), when he learned from the dock that the state had completed all the formalities but had somehow mislaid the investigating garda at the crucial moment.
“He was here earlier – will you give me five minutes?” Sergeant Dave Hanrahan asked Judge Desmond Zaidan.
