Panicked Corkman hid cocaine in his ear when approached by gardaí, court told

The young man's solicitor told the court: “He has made significant strides from a background that was very very challenging."

The court heard the garda found and removed crack cocaine from Kenneth Dowling’s ear and then found another rock of crack cocaine on him. File picture

A young man who panicked when he was approached by two gardaí for a drug search tried to hide a piece of cocaine by sticking it into his ear.

Now he has been given a nine-month suspended jail term for being in possession of that and another piece of cocaine on the same occasion.