Gardaí called to resolve drugs row

A 21-year-old Drogheda man, who got involved in a heated argument with a friend over a bag of cannabis worth just €10, took the rather bizarre step of ringing the gardaí and asking them to come round to his house to try and resolve the dispute.

As a result, the caller, John Reid, from Mary St, found himself before the court in the Louth town last Friday.

But even though it was Friday the 13th, Reid had a stroke of good fortune when Judge Flann Brennan put the case back to allow for a probation report on the defendant.