Cork man found with €21k worth of cannabis claimed he was under threat to clear debt

Accused claimed he only had a nodge of cannabis for personal use when gardaí arrived to carry out a search of his home but they located cannabis with a street value of €21,000 hidden among black rubbish bags, court heard

Accused had accrued significant drug debts which he was trying to pay, court told. File picture: Getty

A Cork man jailed for dealing in cannabis with a street value of €21,000 claimed he was under threat to clear another person’s debt and now has been jailed for three years.

Judge Helen Boyle said an aggravating factor in the case against Brian Collins, 51, was that he was knowingly involved in dealing drugs in Cork City.