Swallowing a package to obstruct a Garda drugs search leads to jail

Accused also activated the central locking on his car and turned off his phone so that officers could not access information on it

Gardaí saw the accused acting suspiciously. Picture: Dan Linehan

A 47-year-old man who obstructed a Garda drugs search by swallowing a package, activating the central locking on the car in which he was found, and turning off his phone so that officers could not access the information on it has been jailed for six months.

Dominic Smith, of 6 Greenfields, Leesdale, Model Farm Road, Cork, pleaded guilty to charges of obstruction of a drugs search and possession of cocaine for his own use.