A JUDGE has ordered the deportation of a Polish man caught with €40,000 worth of cannabis to “absolve the taxpayer” in light of the country’s economic situation.
Robert Tworowski (29), of Meridian Court, Spindrift Avenue, Royal Canal Park, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of a controlled drug for sale or supply on December 18th, 2009, at the same address.
Judge Anthony Hunt said he would take into account the early guilty plea and said that although some cannabis herb could be cultivated to be very potent, it was not as serious as heroin.
The judge said that given the current economic situation he would “absolve the taxpayer of a burden” by deporting Tworowski and said he had “worn out his welcome in this country”.
He handed down a four-year sentence with the final two years suspended with the condition Tworowski would be taken to Dublin airport for deportation on his release.
He said: “This is a large reduction in the mandatory minimum of a 10-year jail term the offence would usually carry”.
Det Garda Ciarán O’Neill told Garret Baker, prosecuting, that €40,000 worth of cannabis resin, two weighing scales and €3,135 in cash were found in the bedroom of Tworowski’s house.
He said Tworowski admitted that he owned the drugs and weighing scales and said the cash was for paying rent.
Senior counsel Caroline Biggs, defending, asked Det Garda O’Neill if Tworowski smoked cannabis every day, to which the detective garda replied that he did.
Ms Biggs said Tworowski’s father died when he was three and he came to Ireland with his mother five years ago. She said he had an excellent work record and had been drug-free in the recent past. He had a lot of educational qualifications which could be used in this country or another.