Convicted drug dealer Philip Baron has been seen driving into his Co Kildare mansion after returning to Ireland to set up a construction business. These images show how the veteran criminal has settled back in Ireland after completing half of his 18-year prison sentence for drugs trafficking. Until the UK police sought his extradition from Ireland in 2011, Baron lived a luxury lifestyle and led people to believe he made his fortune by selling deck chairs.
Drugs that were seized In fact, Baron is a real-life narco who is reported to have amassed nearly €36m from his part in a gang that imported 52 tonnes of cocaine from South America to Britain. This week, the 69-year-old was spotted driving a VW Golf near his home in Straffan, Co. Kildare, to where he returned after being released from a UK prison.
When approached by the Sunday World , a woman at the house said that Baron did not live there – shortly after he drove into the gated property at Bawnogues. The convicted drug dealer is currently named as director of ‘Next Level Living’ and lists his Bawnogues home as his address. Philip Baron with his wife in a chauffeur-drven limousine The company, which is described on records as being involved in the wholesale of wood, construction and sanitary equipment, is registered to an address in Wicklow.
No other filings have been made by the firm since it was set up in April 2021, shortly after Baron was released from prison. The Sunday World previously reported he had been rele.
