A Polish man who intended setting up a shop in Ennis to sell thousands of illegal party pills has been jailed for two years at Limerick Circuit Court.
Lukas Pryba of The Steeples, Newtown Mahon in Limerick had pleaded guilty to possession of almost 24 thousand euro worth of drugs for sale or supply at his apartment on the 16th of December 2009.
Paddy’s Party Pills, Disko Bizkit and Speed Freak were just some of the names branded on the packs of pills seized during a search of Lukasz Pryba’s bedroom.
A total of 3,677 BZP tablets were recovered, the seizure came eight and a half months after the drug was made illegal in Ireland.
Detective Garda Eileen Ryan said in evidence the pills had previously been commonly sold in headshops.
Smaller quantities of amphetamine and cannabis herb were also seized.
Pryba told Gardaí he paid €2,000 for the drugs which had a combined street value of €24,000 and had intended to set up a shop in Ennis to sell them.
Judge Carroll Moran said it had been submitted by the defence that the 26-year-old had mis-read the legality of what he was doing.
The judge imposed a two-year sentence.
