A SMALL-time Limerick drug dealer punched the air when he was jailed for two and half years at Limerick Circuit Court last week.
Daragh Casey (26) sat in the dock and smiled after Judge Tom O’Donnell jailed him for having and selling heroin, alprazolam tablets and cannabis on the Hyde Road last year.
The court heard that when Casey saw Garda Gary Farrell coming towards he ran towards a laneway near his house on the Hyde Road but was caught as he tried to discard the drugs.
He denied having them despite being caught red handed.
While he accepted that Casey was a small time street dealer who was previously jailed for similar offences, Judge Tom O’Donnell said that he was caught dealing in the sale and supply heroin which is considered one of the most insidious drugs
He imposed a two and half year sentence with the final year suspended.
