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Thu 06 Jun 2004Courier gets 15-year jail term for possession of ecstasyA 22-year-old courier who was found in possession of up to €8 million worth of ecstasy has been jailed for 15 years by Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. The seizure was the largest ever for the drug in the State.Philip Houlihan, The Paddock, Hybreasal, Kilmainham, pleaded guilty to possessing the drug in the boot of a car at St Margaret's Road in Dublin and at his employer's warehouse in Ashbourne, Co Meath, on April 3rd, 2003.