High profile Kerry businessman Nathan McDonnell was “committed to and invested in” a €32 million crystal meth operation by an organised crime group with links to the notorious Mexican Sinaloa Cartel.
For his role in the scheme he was jailed last week for 12 years.
McDonnell, who had encountered “fierce financial difficulties” and racked up debts of €4 million, was to be paid €150,000 to store a machine containing the drugs on his premises and arrange for its export to Australia.
He was known locally for his flash lifestyle and his prominent business but what do people in Tralee think now?
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Barry Roche, Irish Times Southern Correspondent reports.
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