Man caught with suitcase of cocaine spared jail term

A five-year suspended jail term was imposed yesterday on a Cobh man caught more than two years ago with more than €28,000 worth of cocaine stashed in a suitcase on top of a wardrobe at his home.

Jason McCarthy, of 6 College Court, College Manor, Cobh, Co Cork, pleaded guilty at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to a charge of having cocaine for sale or supply to others when its street value exceeded €13,000.

Detective Garda Eoin O’Toole testified that a warrant was obtained to search the home of the accused on February 7, 2015.