Man with €500 of drugs and weighing scales in van claimed to be buying, not selling

Accused claimed he needed to check the weight of the cannabis he was buying and that he was sharing it with friends

Gardai discovered a bag on cannabis on the accused's lap.

A man caught with over €500 worth of drugs in a van claimed that the only reason he had a weighing scales with him was to check the weight of the drugs he was buying — and not selling.

Defence solicitor, Eugene Murphy, said it might seem like a bizarre explanation for having a weighing scales but that was why Peter Murphy had it on the occasion.