Darren Gilligan, son of notorious convicted drug dealer John Gilligan, has volunteered to be surrendered to Spain where he is wanted for allegedly trafficking cannabis and sleeping pills as part of an international crime network, the High Court has heard.
Mr Gilligan (47) is wanted for three alleged offences in the region of Murcia in southern Spain after a judge there issued a European Arrest Warrant for him on October 10 of last year. Mr Gilligan faces up to four years' imprisonment if convicted. When arrested by gardaí, he denied the charges, saying he had been in the wrong place at the wrong time.
At an extradition hearing at the High Court today, Simon Matthews BL, for the Minister for Justice, said Mr Gilligan is accused of trafficking in illicit drugs and psychotropic substances, participating in a criminal organisation and an offence against public health referring to medicines.
