One of three Brazilian men on firearms possession charges in Co Offaly is in a special protection unit in prison, Tullamore Circuit Court was told.
Rodrigues, along with Jefferson Dos Santos , with the same address in Ballymahon, and Ildomar Canrar Da Silva , whose address could not be established by gardaí, were in a car stopped at River Street, Clara shortly after midnight on May 27th last. Det Sgt Caroline Lyng told the court Rodrigues was the driver of the car and all three were wearing plastic gloves.
Det Sgt Lyng said Rodrigues told the gardaí he lived in Ballymahon with his partner and he had been aware for a week that a “job” had been discussed and detailed how he and Dos Santos went to meet Da Silva at a car. Det Sgt Lyng said Da Silva had been in Ireland for five years and had evaded a deportation order since July 2019.
All three men had entered guilty pleas on November 17th to possession of the guns and ammunition and breaches of Covid-19 travel restrictions. They have been in custody since their arrest.
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