Music fan caught checking on cannabis in car

A young music fan on his way to the Indiependence festival in Mitchelstown stopped on the road to check the cannabis herb in the boot of the car and to sniff it before putting it into another bag, but he did not realise he was literally under the nose of a garda.

Conor Quirke, of 61 The Rise, Bishopstown, Cork, was never in trouble but his choice of a place to stop on the Cork-Mitchelstown road last Summer brought him before Cork District Court yesterday.

Mr Quirke, 22, pulled in and checked the €250 bag of cannabis directly beside a Gatso van. Inside the roadside van at that moment was Garda Brian Gubbins, checking the speed of passing cars.