Boy kept €40k of drug in schoolbag to pay off debt

A TEENAGE boy had to store almost €40,000 worth of cannabis in his schoolbag to pay off a debt, a court has heard.

The boy, 14 at the time but now 15, pleaded guilty at the Dublin Children’s Court to possessing the cannabis with intent to supply to another, at his home address, on a date in June.

Gda Michael Noone told Judge Ann Ryan that, during a search of the teenager’s bedroom, “a schoolbag containing cannabis resin with a street value of €39,500 was found”.