DPP has two weeks to give directions in Cork drugs case before it is struck out

It was alleged that suspected cannabis herb with a street value of €140,000 was found in the rear of the accused man's van

The defendant was stopped driving his van on Tuesday, March 23, at a checkpoint on the M8 at Killydonoghue in Glanmire. File photo: Denis Minihane.

The case against a Dubliner who was allegedly caught at a routine Covid checkpoint in Cork with a €140,000 stash of cannabis herb will be struck out in a fortnight – unless the Director of Public Prosecutions gives directions.

Judge Olann Kelleher yesterday directed that the case would be struck out in the absence of directions – or an explanation for why they were not forthcoming.