Gardaí found plant material in toilet and white powder in sink during Cork house search

The confidential information on which the search warrant was granted was to the effect that there was cocaine, cannabis herb and resin to be found at the house, court heard

The accused man, Brian Collins, 51, claimed he only had a nodge of cannabis for personal use. However, after a thorough search of the home of Brian Collins at Noonan Road, Cork, gardaí located cannabis with a street value of €21,000. File picture

Gardaí heard frantic footsteps on stairs and rustling sounds from behind a locked door when they arrived to carry out a drugs search at a property in Cork.

Garda Nigel Desmond said when they forced their way into the property they found the remnants of green plant-like material in the toilet and the residue of white powder in the sink.