Eamon Dillon

So they had quite a business going, yeah.

And what sort of age group are they, the brothers?

As they say, when you don't know the answer straight away, that's a good question.

Sorry, I think Gary is 37 off the top of my head.

Declan is younger and Michael is the older brother.

But it was Gary, I suppose, he was considered the leading light, you know, directing operations.

And, you know, he was...

Like, he's the main man.

That's the way they're describing it.

So you take the hand on what you want to talk about first.

Well, the guards set up an operation, Operation Lamprey.

And in August 2023, they raided a number of properties.

And one of those raided was Gary and Debbie's house in Galway.

And they basically, they took, it was about 12 grand in cash, a Rolex watch, the ladies' watch.

Two Ford Focus cars and a Ford Transit van.

So like on the face of it, you'd say it's not a whole lot.

But as you say, then the evidence that was given, the belief evidence that kind of really outlined and detailed how the gang worked and what roles the others played.

Certainly, it was an insight.

The council for CAB described their modus operandi as reprehensible in that they sought out and identified vulnerable people either through drug addiction or drug deaths and basically intimidated and forced them into carrying out all their dirty work.

And this included, you know, traveling to Dublin or Limerick or wherever to pick up their supply, to then store it, then to bag it, mix it and bag it and have it ready for sale and supply.