Ireland Named in reporting
Glen Thompson
Born between February 1995 and February 1996, from the ages reported. 2 reports across 2 cases, 25 Feb 2025 to 18 Mar 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Suspect
- Born
- Between February 1995 and February 1996, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Assault, Importation of controlled drugs (crystal meth), Facilitating the activities of a criminal organisation
- Where
- Co. Laois, Co. Kerry
- Reporting
- 2 reports, 25 Feb 2025 to 18 Mar 2025
- Outlets
- irishmirror.ie
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Cases
latest first- Kerry man sentenced to 12 years over €32m crystal meth importation Importation of controlled drugs (crystal meth) · Co. Kerry
Nathan McDonnell, a 44-year-old man and former chief executive of Ballyseedy Garden Centre in Tralee, Co Kerry, was sentenced to 12 years in prison by the Special Criminal Court on 28 February 2025 for importing 564kg of crystal meth worth €32.4 million at Cork Port on 16 October 2023 and facilitating the activities of a criminal organisation linked to the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel. The drugs were hidden in a metal separating machine stored at his garden centre for several months before being loaded into a container at Cork Port, where customs officers discovered them on 15 February 2024. Gardaí had been investigating the organised criminal group for over a year following a raid on a Listowel property in June 2023, and McDonnell was arrested at Ballyseedy Garden Centre in February 2024. He pleaded guilty in October 2024, and his solicitor confirmed he will not appeal the sentence.
Sentenced, 28 Feb 2025Suspect · 1 report - Man sanctioned over assault at Portlaoise Prison Assault · Co. Laois
Glen Thompson, 29, punched Nathan McDonnell, 44, in the face in his Portlaoise Prison cell on 21 February 2025, causing a broken jaw. McDonnell, a man from Tralee, is set to undergo surgery and his solicitor expects gardai to investigate the assault. Thompson, who is serving a 12-and-a-half-year sentence for his role in a plot to murder Patsy Hutch, was moved off the landing he shared with McDonnell and sanctioned with a P19 reducing visits, phone calls, and gym access. McDonnell had pleaded guilty before the Special Criminal Court for the importation of crystal meth connected to the Mexican Sinaloa cartel.
Reported, 25 Feb 2025Suspect · 1 report
Timeline
every report naming Glen Thompson, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 18 Mar2025Businessman jailed over €32m crystal meth haul takes up unusual prison hobbysuspect, Glen Thompson, male, named, irish (judged from name)Glen Thompson
- 25 Feb2025Kinahan hitman sanctioned over 'brutal' jail attack on shamed Nathan McDonnellsuspect, Glen Thompson, 29, male, namedGlen Thompson
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