A taxi driver who operated cannabis growhouses all over the country for over ten years and whom gardaí say was linked to the Kinahan organised crime group has been jailed for six years at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Niall Smith, aged 51, of Limekiln Road, Greenhills, Dublin 12, was arrested by officers from the Dublin Crime Response Unit after his growhouse in Tallaght was raided in May 2023.
Gardaí also discovered cash and shotgun cartridges in the house in Killinarden Heights.
The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) confiscated and sold two of his houses in Leitrim and told the High Court he is connected to the Byrne organised crime group, the Dublin…