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A teenage boy, regarded as one of Athlone’s most prolific burglars, made a failed attempt to abscond from custody on Wednesday (February 27) as he was being led from the courthouse to the prison van to return to detention.

A Roscommon TD has raised the case of a Garda search of a Galway peace activist’s home and is demanding answers on the issue from the Minister for Justice Alan Shatter.

A 33-year-old mother of three-year-old triplets was before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday for the cultivation of cannabis.

A Galway man facing firearms and explosives charges walked free from the Special Criminal Court yesterday after the prosecution was dropped.

A woman who was found in possession of stolen jewellery was sentenced to jail at this week’s sitting of Castlebar District Court.

A Lithuanian man who pleaded guilty to having drugs for his own personal use and for sale was ordered to pay €500 to the St Vincent De Paul at Ballyhaunis District Court this week.

A Claremorris man who was found in possession of more than 1,000 packs of cigarettes was convicted and fined €2,500 at Claremorris District Court this week. Vitalijs Solovejs, 42 Ashfield Court, Claremorris, pleaded guilty in court to the charges against him. Customs officer John Flynn stated that on June 22 2010 he obtained a search warrant to search the home of Solovejs and carried out a search. During it he found a box that contained 21,200 cigarettes which equated to 1,060 individual boxes of 20 cigarettes. The court was told the retail value of the items seized would have been just under €10,000 and that the total loss of revenue to the State would have been €5,780.21.

A Claremorris man who pleaded guilty to two separate counts of drug possession, and one charge of having drugs for sale or supply, was given a total of seven months in prison in Claremorris District Court this week.

A 21-year-old who stashed drugs in a hay shed on his family farm was before Ballina District Court this week for the possession of cannabis and also for the sale and supply of the drug.

Judge Mary Devins gave a 23-year-old Ballyhaunis man who pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine and cannabis a chance by not recording a conviction against him, instead giving him the benefit of the Probation Act.