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Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Rat Catcher on December 31, 2019, 02:47:11 pm
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https://www.herald.ie/news/courts/cannabis-found-at-taxi-drivers-home-was-an-unopened-gift-38820864.html (https://www.herald.ie/news/courts/cannabis-found-at-taxi-drivers-home-was-an-unopened-gift-38820864.html)
Cannabis found at taxi driver's home was an 'unopened gift'
Andrew Phelan – 30 December 2019 02:30 AM
A tazi driver caught in possession of cannabis at his Dublin home said he had been given it as a gift and had not opened the package.
Gurnandon Sobti (30) took responsibility for the drug when it was seized by gardai.
Judge David McHugh said he accepted Sobti's explanation and struck the charge out.
Sobti, of Foxborough Road, Lucan, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of cannabis.
Blanchardstown District Court heard the incident happened at the accused's home on November 27.
Gardai found a clear plastic bag containing cannabis herb with a street value of €25.
Sobti accepted responsibility for it and was arrested and taken to Blanchardstown Garda Station, where he made no reply to the charge after caution.
He had no previous convictions for drugs offences, the court heard.
Holding
Sobti was married and had been in Ireland for 14 years, his lawyer said.
On the day in question, he had a small quantity of the drug.
Sobti "didn't necessarily use it" but had been given it as a gift and was "holding" it.
"He hadn't actually opened it. He's not someone who the gardai are going to come into contact with for this type of offence again," Sobti's lawyer added.
He asked the judge to be as lenient as he could in the circumstances
The judge said he would take the case "at its highest" and accept the accused's account of what had happened.
Judge McHugh instructed Sobti to make a €150 donation to Blanchardstown Hospice and struck the charge out, leaving Sobti without a criminal record.
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25 fukin euro worth....why were the gardai at his house in the first place......pissed someone off?
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That's the $1,000,000,000 question, I guess. Only €25 worth FOUND. They never find much on the Rickshaw drivers/bosses either.
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... and where does Mrs. Sobti come from?
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Did he not have a Sobti story?
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... and where does Mrs. Sobti come from?
Lucan :))
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25 quid ? ....sumtin else goin on ther to raid the gaff obviously...hardly a news headlines......a printer in the dail that's totted up a 1.8 million bill so far is more worthy...an a 60 billion pension fund flushed down the Jack's ....an cnuts fallin off swings
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An a hole in the ground in james street ...how much that cost now ....robbin cnuts
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....sumtin else goin on ther to raid the gaff obviously..
Indeed. He has a few drivers with names that suggest they are immigrants from the subcontinent working for him - maybe came to the attention of the Garda unit investigating the sale / rental of Eastern European brides? Strange that he presented himself as a mere "tazi" driver to the courts, no mention of his fleet operation? You wouldn't know how many pies he has fingers in... Ifn he was in Inja his fingers would be cut off... or is that Afghanistan?
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I reckon they followed a package from An Post.
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I reckon they followed a package from An Post.
Yea most likely bullit ...
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Why wasn't that recounted in evidence then?
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Why wasn't that recounted in evidence then?
The reporter was most likely hungover.
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A tazi driver caught in possession of cannabis at his Dublin home?
Foreign reporter?
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I think he was using Mr. Sobti's accent to subtly draw attention to the fact that he (Mr. Sobti) opted to describe himself as a "tazi" driver rather than a taxi boss.
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He'll hike up the rent for his drivers to offset the €150 donation.
Do you remember when you heard of a Punjab in Lucan you thought it was a pub brawl in the Penny Hill? 8)