Man blames fleeing rat for fingerprint on drugs stash

A man looking for a rat running around inside his car told gardaí he may have inadvertently touched a stash of drugs leaving his fingerprint on it.

Mark Bourke told gardaí who stopped him at Kilmurry, Co Cork, and found €40,000 worth of ecstasy tablets in his car, that he knew nothing about the drugs.

Det Sgt Lar O’Brien said gardaí interviewed him on four occasions. Burke totally denied having anything to do with the drugs or even knowing they were there.