Garda asked if he smoked cannabis at Englishman’s drug charge trial

A detective was asked in court if he smoked cannabis himself. The question was posed during the drugs charges trial of an Englishman living in West Cork for 35 years.

Duncan Sloane, 67, pleaded not guilty to cultivating cannabis, possessing it, and having the cannabis for sale or supply at his home, Gortnamuckla, Dunmanway, on Aug 15, 2012. However, Sloane said in court he smoked approximately 3.5oz of cannabis per week.

Det Sgt Fergal Foley said that, in his experience of drug users in West Cork, anything more than one ounce per week would be a lot. He suggested that if one consumed the quantity the defendant claimed to have consumed, he would not be able to function.