A 17-year-old drug dealer had €2,000 worth of cocaine stashed in a locked safe in his bedroom along with a set of accounts detailing how much he was earning, the Dublin Children's Court heard yesterday. His list of drug debts showed that he was owed €7,000, Judge Ann Ryan heard.
The south Dublin boy, who cannot be identified because he is a juvenile, admitted possessing the cocaine for sale or supply to another at his Dún Laoghaire home on October 26th last. He also admitted three Public Order Act charges which happened in Sallynoggin in Dublin on November 1st last. The second incident happened just hours after he had made his first court appearance and was remanded on bail over the drug-dealing offence.
Acting on suspicions that the boy was involved in drug dealing, gardaí obtained a search warrant to raid his family's house.
Garda Liam Lonergan, of Dún Laoghaire station, said ". . . a locked safe was found in his bedroom. It was found to contain €2,000 worth of cocaine." A list of names of people he was supplying, with totals of how much he was owed, was found in the safe. According to the list, the total amount he was owed came to €7,000.
The boy was charged in court on November 1st. The youth was further remanded on bail yesterday to appear again for sentencing in February.