Drug dealer snatched phone back from Cork Garda during drugs search, court told

After a garda seized his phone during a drug search, Davin Griffin grabbed the phone from the back pocket of the detective and fled.

Judge Olann Kelleher imposed a number of jail sentences for offences including drug-dealing, obstructing a drugs search and carrying a knife. File photo: Dan Linehan

A Detective Sergeant seized a phone from a man during a drugs search which would uncover over €2,000 worth of cocaine but the culprit grabbed the phone from his pocket and fled.

That was the scene described by Sergeant Pat Lyons at Cork District Court in the case against Davin Griffin.