Man who told gardaí heroin was gravy pleads guilty

A man caught with heroin for sale or supply outside a supermarket told gardaí the brown substance in question was gravy powder.

That was what James Leonard, aged 28, of Ardcullen, Hollyhill, Cork, and also of Cork Simon community, had initially told investigators initially before he pleaded guilty yesterday to having diamorphine, better known as heroin.

Inspector Bill Duane said at Cork District Court that Leonard and another man came to the attention of gardaí outside the Tesco Express store at Dennehy’s Cross.