A fisheries officer who asked an angler for his licence retreated from the riverbank when the fisherman produced an air pistol and held it down by his side.

A hackney driver was caught with 5kg of cannabis worth over €30,000 in the boot of his car and faced a 10-year jail term. However, yesterday the sentencing judge said a five-year suspended sentence was appropriate.

A masked raider, attempting to rob cash at an off-licence with the threat of a gun in his pocket, was surprised when the woman behind the counter challenged him.

A teenager’s celebrations of his 18th birthday party with friends turned into the ransacking of their local school and almost €10,000 in criminal damage.

A GAMBLER who was under pressure to repay his debts climbed a drainpipe to get in through a first-floor window of the parochial house in Ballincollig where he stole €7,000 in cash.