Arthritis sufferer using cannabis to treat his pain avoids jail for possessing 5.5kgs of the drug

An arthritis sufferer who was using cannabis to treat his pain has received a suspended jail term after being caught with over five kilogrammes of the drug.

Gardaí searched Alex Bravo's flat in Dublin city centre home on August 3 last year after receiving confidential information that drugs were being held there for a criminal gang.