Man arrested after he reported garda search as burglary

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A drug dealer was arrested after he reported a garda search of his former home as a burglary, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

Gardai found nearly €250,000 worth of drugs when they searched the home of Robert Atkinson (aged 25).

When he returned home the next day he thought he had been burgled and went to the garda station and made a statement.

When the gardaí involved in the drugs search heard of this they made contact with Atkinson and arrested him.



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lotusflower

haha that's brilliant!!

Delancey

Thats a great story .

I thought for a drug search to be valid the householder had to be present - obviously not ( amazing the things one learns from boards ! );)

spudington16

I can't say I agree the judge adjourning the case to allow him to finish his studies just because he is in his final year; he was found in possession of drugs worth nearly a quarter of a million euro.

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Love it, laughed my hole off.

Zambia

He said he had been using drugs since he was a teenager and later became involved in selling cannabis, running up a large debt in the process.


Maybe the judge reckoned if this bloke was selling drugs and losing money, further study was the way to go?

bravestar

Zambia232 wrote: »

He said he had been using drugs since he was a teenager and later became involved in selling cannabis, running up a large debt in the process.


Maybe the judge reckoned if this bloke was selling drugs and losing money, further study was the way to go?

I dont think any amount of study will help someone with such a lack of grey matter as to go to a Garda station, knowing his drugs are gone, and say he has been burgled.

Zambia

bravestar wrote: »

I dont think any amount of study will help someone with such a lack of grey matter as to go to a Garda station, knowing his drugs are gone, and say he has been burgled.

Wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall when explains to his fellow inmates how he came undone.

Our man in Havana

It is like the free boats scam. Simply call to your local station to collect.

brianthebard

spudington16 wrote: »

I can't say I agree the judge adjourning the case to allow him to finish his studies just because he is in his final year; he was found in possession of drugs worth nearly a quarter of a million euro.

Judge was probably a friend of the family.

CCCP^

The mind boogles as to what the chap was going to say to the Gardai when they turned up at his door after the phonecall.

"So what's missing?"

"Erm...well...."

robbiek901

the real street value is never the true amount of the drug value its just the government trumped up value
maybe this guy was a true drug addict and was being used to hold drugs for some real gangsters
if i was caught with drugs the last place i would have them is in my own house espically that large amount

neither would i go to the *snip* station to report a burglery on the same house I would be gone to the other side of the artic circle never to return

Hooch

robbiek901 wrote: »

the real street value is never the true amount of the drug value its just the government trumped up value
maybe this guy was a true drug addict and was being used to hold drugs for some real gangsters
if i was caught with drugs the last place i would have them is in my own house espically that large amount

neither would i go to the *snip* station to report a burglery on the same house I would be gone to the other side of the artic circle never to return

Enjoy the holiday......

foreman1916

great example of irish criminals, reporti a bulargy of there drugs to the gardai. how did he think that reporting that his drugs were robbed was a good idea. how?:D