Teenager detained for €1k of cannabis

A teenager has been sentenced to nine months detention for possession and supply of drugs after a Garda raid to his home recovered almost €1,000 worth of cannabis herb and resin.

The young man, who is a minor and cannot be named, also received a five-month sentence for a separate assault in which a man was attacked twice on the street on New Year’s Day this year.

The cases came before Judge James McNulty yesterday. He heard the young man was pleading guilty to charges relating to both the assault offence and the drugs offence.