{"id":463244,"date":"2026-05-23T10:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/463244\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T10:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:37:10","slug":"judge-shocked-by-limerick-man-caught-with-drugs-in-underwear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/463244\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge shocked by Limerick man caught with drugs in underwear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A YOUNG man was found with drugs hidden in his underwear at Henry Street garda station.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathon Curtin, 19, of Tara Court, Watergate Flats, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick<\/a>, pleaded guilty to the possession of controlled drugs for unlawful sale or supply contrary to section 15 of the Misuse of Drugs Act.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecuting Sergeant Aisling O\u2019Neill told Limerick District Court that Jonathon Curtin was travelling in a taxi with men known to the garda\u00ed on July 6, 2025 at Hennessy Avenue, Kileely, Limerick.<\/p>\n<p>Garda\u00ed stopped the vehicle, and conveyed Mr Curtin to the garda station.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2086151\/live-man-arrested-following-significant-drugs-seizure-in-county-limerick.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Man arrested following significant drugs seizure in County Limerick<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Upon a search, drugs were found concealed in his underwear.<\/p>\n<p>Sgt O\u2019Neill outlined that Mr Curtin has no previous convictions.<\/p>\n<p>Barrister-in-Law Joseph McMahon, representing Mr Curtin, detailed that the man is on remand for other matters.<\/p>\n<p>Mr McMahon said his client apologises for the crime, and that the 19-year-old is dealing with underlying issues.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Patricia Harney said \u201cWell, it was in his underwear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very shocked,\u201d she said. \u201cHe\u2019s got himself into a lot of trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The judge proceeded to convict and sentence Mr Curtin to four months\u2019 imprisonment, which she suspended for eighteen months.<\/p>\n<p>Funded by the Courts 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":"A YOUNG man was found with drugs hidden in his underwear at Henry Street garda station. Jonathon Curtin,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[45,42,1396,44,7250,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-463244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-headlines","tag-limerick","tag-limerick-city","tag-limerick-district-court","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463244","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=463244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}