Man caught with heroin after falling in with bad crowd

A Lithuanian man travelled to Cork on the promise of work but fell in with bad company and was caught with 10 deals of heroin on the Fever Hospital steps in Blackpool.

That was how defence solicitor Eddie Burke described what happened to Ardrius Straksys, of Rathorig, Rathass, Tralee, Co Kerry.

Inspector Brian O’Donovan said yesterday at Cork District Court that Garda Graham Desmond was on duty in the Blackpool area at lunchtime on June 16, 2016, when he saw a large number of known drug users.