Community service for man's 'hair-brained plan' to smuggle drugs into Cork Prison

The judge said: “It is so hare-brained I don’t know how he thought he could get away with it.” 

The Cork Prison drugs dog sniffed out the stash and the visitor was prosecuted on drug charges to which he pleaded guilty. File photo: Dan Linehan

A young Waterford man who came up with a “hare-brained plan” to carry cannabis and tablets into Cork Prison when visiting was yesterday ordered to do 200 hours of community service. 

Judge Olann Kelleher said to the accused: “The only reason you are not going to prison for this is your age and I really think you did not realise the seriousness of bringing drugs into prison.” As well as the community service the judge imposed a six-month suspended jail term.