{"id":407329,"date":"2026-04-19T22:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T22:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/407329\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T22:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T22:32:13","slug":"man-convicted-for-using-suspicious-prescription-at-limerick-pharmacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/407329\/","title":{"rendered":"Man convicted for using \u2018suspicious\u2019 prescription at Limerick pharmacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WHEN Abdelkarim Boulahbal, aged 32, of Knockalisheen, Meelick, Clare, asked to fill a prescription of 30 tablets on October 12, 2024, the pharmacist at Raheen Pharmacy, Courtfields, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick<\/a>, \u201chad a suspicion that it was a false prescription,\u201d a court has heard.<\/p>\n<p>The pharmacist then tried to verify the prescription, and upon contact with the GP, the prescription was confirmed as being false.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecuting Sergeant Denis Waters told Limerick District Court that Mr Boulahbal told garda\u00ed he was asked by a friend to do it.<\/p>\n<p>The sergeant added that Mr Boulahbal has four previous convictions, all of which are for road traffic offences.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2062851\/scarlett-faulkners-ex-partner-refused-compassionate-bail-to-attend-funeral.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Scarlett Faulkner\u2019s ex-partner refused compassionate bail to attend funeral<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He was last in court on September 22, 2025, for careless driving and driving without insurance or a licence.<\/p>\n<p>Solicitor Tom Kiely, representing the man, said: \u201cHe\u2019d been given it by somebody else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The solicitor said that when Mr Boulahbal was approached with the prescription \u201che took it in good faith,\u201d although he did find it \u201cslightly suspicious\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kiely added: \u201cHe didn\u2019t make any bones about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judge Patricia Harney, convicted Mr Boulahbal of using a false instrument, and fined him \u20ac500.<\/p>\n<p>-Funded by the Court Reporting Scheme<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WHEN Abdelkarim Boulahbal, aged 32, of Knockalisheen, Meelick, Clare, asked to fill a prescription of 30 tablets on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,15469,61,60,1396,7250,43,1895],"class_list":{"0":"post-407329","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-an-garda-siochana","9":"tag-clare","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-limerick","13":"tag-limerick-district-court","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-raheen"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}