Teen gets suspended term for holding cocaine

A 14-year-old boy who was caught holding over €25,000 worth of cocaine has been given a suspended sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A 14-year-old boy who was caught holding over €25,000 worth of cocaine has been given a suspended sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The now 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, later told gardaí that he had been paid €50 to store the drugs which were found behind his bed, in a vent in his room and in the rafters in a garden shed.

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