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A 25-year-old man who was discovered with more than €1,000 worth of drugs in his residence, which he admitted to selling to friends and associates, was before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.

A Polish man who told the district court in Ballyhaunis this week that he had saved up money to buy 26.56 grammes of cannabis which he used as pain relief for a knee injury had his sentencing adjourned for 12 months by Judge Mary Devins.

A man in his twenties was before Castlebar District Court this week for the possession and for the unlawful sale or supply of drugs.

A 68-year-old man who was in possession of heroin and cannabis was before Ballina District Court this week.

A 28-year-old Castlebar man was ordered to pay €150 to Down Syndrome, Ireland after he was found in possession of one cannabis plant he was growing in a wardrobe in his home. Garda William Grant told Castlebar District Court that on the basis of confidential information he received, he obtained a search warrant and searched the home of Mark Jones, 50 Lakeview, Castlebar, on September 7 2010. After carrying out the search he found one cannabis plant with a value of €100 and cannabis valued at €3.27 in the house. Garda Grant told the court that the cannabis was for Jones’s own use and he co-operated with the search throughout.

As the result of an ongoing operation targeting the cultivation of cannabis plants in the Mayo Division, Gardaí at Claremorris in conjunction with gardaí at Swinford last Friday searched a premises at The Square, Swinford.

A 31-year-old man from Ballina was disqualified from driving for four years after being detected driving while under the influence of cannabis.

A Ballyhaunis man who was found in possession of three bricks of cannabis with a combined weight of 116g and a street value of €1,856 was jailed for three months this week in Ballyhaunis District Court. Tomaz Woloszcyzynski, 77 The Maples, Ballyhaunis, denied in court that the cannabis was for sale, and said it was for his own personal use.

A 20-year-old Castlebar man who was found in possession of cannabis was before Castlebar District Court this week.

Research commissioned by the Road Safety Authority among 17- to 34-year-olds into the use of illegal drugs while driving has highlighted alarming behaviour, with as many as one in five admitting they were a passenger in a car driven by someone under the influence of drugs. The publication of the research comes as the RSA broadcasts a new anti-drug driving TV campaign.