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A 20-year-old man who had €347 worth of cannabis in his possession in his family home was before Ballina District Court on Tuesday.

A dopey drink driver abandoned his crashed car in such haste that he left behind a mobile phone containing clues which led gardai to find a small cannabis cultivation unit in his house, the Galway District Court heard yesterday.

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.

A woman who tested positive for cannabis and opiates after being stopped on suspicion of drug driving had her charge dismissed in court this week (October 5) after the judge ruled gardai had not proven her inability to drive as required by the law.

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A Polish man accused of possession of around €26,000 cannabis has been sent forward for trial to Mullingar Circuit Court.

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 bungling burglar broke into a house, made so much noise rummaging that he woke up a resident, and then left a bag containing his details at the scene of the crime, the Galway District Court heard last Monday.

A 20-year-old man who had €1,205 worth of cannabis and ecstasy in his possession for unlawful sale and supply was before Ballina District Court this week.

A bungling burglar from Johnstown broke into a house, made so much noise rummaging that he woke up a resident, and then left a bag containing his details at the scene of the crime, the Galway District Court heard last Monday.