Kildare man found with crack cocaine & cash
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A KILDARE man was found with over €500 of crack cocaine and €2,000 of cash, a court as told.
Eoin Poole (33), of Lourdesville, Kildare Town, pleaded guilty to the possession of drugs for the purpose of sale and supply and a money laundering offence at Naas Circuit Court recently.
Evidence pertaining to the case was heard before Judge Elva Duffy in Naas Circuit Court on Wednesday, 17 June.
The prosecuting garda outlined to state prosecutor Jordan Fletcher BL a search she conducted on 25 October 2025 at Rowan Villa, Eyre Street, Newbridge.
Before entering the property, she observed a man she knew to be Mr Poole climbing from a rear window and meeting a suspected drug user at a gate at the premises.
The garda said she observed Mr Poole hand over a small package which she believed contained drugs.
She then entered the property through the same rear bedroom window before making her way into the sitting room, where the search warrant was executed.
During the search, she recovered a plastic bag containing a substance she believed to be crack cocaine, two weighing scales, a wallet containing €235, a mobile phone and a pair of small scissors.
She also discovered €2,075 in cash on the floor of the sitting room.
The substance recovered during the search was subsequently analysed and confirmed to be crack cocaine.
The court heard the drugs weighed 7.9 grams and were estimated to have a street value of approximately €553, equivalent to around 60 individual deals.
The guard told the court that no admissions were made by the accused during questioning.
He was later cautioned and charged at approximately 11pm that evening.
The court heard that when presented with the charge sheet, Mr Poole responded: "Go f*** yourself, I'm throwing this in the bin."
After being handed a second charge sheet, he allegedly said: "Don't want it, you fat c***."
During cross-examination, defending barrister Desmond Hayes BL asked the garda whether she was prepared to accept that the €235 found in Mr Poole's wallet belonged to him personally.
The garda replied that she was not.
The court heard that Mr Poole had initially pleaded not guilty when arraigned for the offences, before entering a guilty plea sometime later.
The case was delayed after the accused sought to vacate his earlier plea, resulting in further legal proceedings before sentencing could proceed.
Following the evidence, the court adjourned the matter for sentencing until 24 July for sentencing.
