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A man who was convicted of the unlawful possession of a quantity of cocaine received a five-month prison sentence at Castlecomer District Court this week.

The sentencing this week of three men who attempted to smuggle 62 bales of cocaine, worth €440 million, into west Cork last year has sounded the sirens of alarm.

A man who was arrested by gardai and brought before a special court sitting last Saturday in connection with the seizure of a quantity of cocaine, has been remanded in custody following his appearance before Galway District Court this week.

A 21-year-old business student in Sligo IT was before Castlebar District Court this week after he was found to be in possession of €211 worth of cocaine.

A man who had attempted to conceal 32 Ecstasy tablets, six bags of cocaine, and 20 bags of herbal cannabis, in his jacket after being stopped for driving while using a mobile succeeded in having charges of drug dealing dismissed because of a “gap” in evidence.

A 34-year-old man from Ballina, who when searched by gardaí was found in possession of cocaine in a bag concealed in his shoe, was convicted and fined €500 at Ballina District Court on Tuesday.

A man charged with possession of cocaine and with intent to sell or supply has been sent forward for trial at the October sittings of Galway Circuit Court.

There were 31 detections for the sale and supply of drugs in Mayo last year, according to Sergeant Jim Cadden of the Garda Drugs Unit. Sgt Cadden addressed a meeting of the joint policing committee on Monday where he outlined the increases in detections being made in Mayo for a range of drug offences.

Chairman of the Athlone Drug Awareness Group, Cllr Frankie Keena, said he was delighted with the success of the drug seizure by the Gardai in Athlone last weekend.

A 23-year-old Lithuanian man was given a three month prison sentence after pleading guilty in Ballyhaunis District Court this week to possession of cocaine for sale or supply. Liudas Kuksta, Ballinacostello, Kilkelly was found to have two ecstasy tablets valued at €10, 2.735 grams of cocaine valued at €191, and 5.86 grams of methamphetamine valued at €468 along with paraphernalia for the supply of drugs when his residence was searched by gardaí.