06/03/2012
Prison Officer Sentenced For Drug Smuggling
A Prison officer has been found guilty of smuggling drugs and SIM cards into Mountjoy Prison.
Jarlath Walsh, 40, from Dublin, has been sentenced to five years in jail.
The court heard how Walsh was caught with two SIM cards, cocaine, cannabis and prescription tablets worth over €20,000 when searched before he began his shift on 20 December 2010.
The former prison officer claimed he was was threatened by men broken who into his car on one occasion and left pictures of his family members and told him they knew where he worked on another.
He admitted it was the fourth time he had smuggled drugs into the prison.
(GK)
Jarlath Walsh, 40, from Dublin, has been sentenced to five years in jail.
The court heard how Walsh was caught with two SIM cards, cocaine, cannabis and prescription tablets worth over €20,000 when searched before he began his shift on 20 December 2010.
The former prison officer claimed he was was threatened by men broken who into his car on one occasion and left pictures of his family members and told him they knew where he worked on another.
He admitted it was the fourth time he had smuggled drugs into the prison.
(GK)
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