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Kerry businessman ashen-faced as he is sentenced for importing State’s biggest crystal meth haul

Nathan McDonnell jailed for 12 years over €32m  trafficking plot
Kerry businessman ashen-faced as he is sentenced for importing State’s biggest crystal meth haul

Nathan McDonnell. Picture: Domnick Walsh

Murky business dealings, glamourous facades, a major drug stash “hiding in plain sight” in a popular Tralee garden centre, and close links between Kerry and Mexico’s deadly Sinaloa cartel were some of the astounding elements of Nathan McDonnell’s sentence hearing.

The prominent Kerry businessman sat ashen-faced in the Special Criminal Court as he was sentenced to 12 years for importing the State’s biggest crystal meth seizure and facilitating organised crime on Friday.

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