Martial arts champion avoids jail after 'legal high' seizure

A national martial arts champion who hopes to represent Ireland in the Olympics has avoided jail after being caught with over €22,000 of drugs.

Martial arts champion avoids jail after 'legal high' seizure

A national martial arts champion who hopes to represent Ireland in the Olympics has avoided jail after being caught with over €22,000 of drugs.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Derek Reid (aged 25) was caught with €17,255 worth of mephedrone, a previously “legal high” that had been sold in head shops up to two months before this offence.

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