Man fined for having drug used in Amazon

A man has been convicted of being in possession of a rare drug which he told the court was “mostly used for spiritual or religious practice” in the Amazon jungle.

George Reynolds, with an address at Shalom, the Rock, Kinsale, Co Cork, had pleaded guilty to possession of a quantity of cannabis and 0.444g of N-Dimethyltryptamine.

Insp Pat Meaney, prosecuting, told Bandon District Court that on December 10, 2015 at about 5.10pm gardaí conducted a search at the property at the Rock in Kinsale under a warrant.