Cork man fled to Australia after being caught throwing cocaine from speeding car

Gardaí retrieved cocaine worth €8,743 on April 6, 2018, and in a further search of a farmyard near Mitchelstown found lunchbox with over €26,000 worth of cocaine, court told

Judge said while the accused had done a lot to rehabilitate, it could not be ignored that he had fled from the jurisdiction after he was caught with the drugs, albeit before he was charged and jailed him for a year. Picture: Larry Cummins

A block of cocaine wrapped in plastic was tossed from a speeding car pursued by gardaí on a country road in the Mitchelstown area and since that day the culprit fled the country and moved to Australia.

Now back at Cork Circuit Criminal Court, the accused has been given a three-year sentence, with the last two years suspended.