Gran had cocaine outside bingo

A 50-year-old woman caught with €350 worth of cocaine outside a bingo night in Cork city was yesterday convicted and fined €750 for having the drug for sale or supply.

Insp John Deasy said that Helen Heaphy, of 59 Kerry-hall Rd, Fairhill, Cork, was arrested by Garda Danielle Hegarty on Wednesday, July 9, last year.

Heaphy was outside Rock Bingo at Deanrock industrial estate, Togher, when she was apprehended. Garda Hegarty searched her and found cocaine with a street value of €350.