Drug dealer met customers on remote country road outside West Cork village

Gardaí put surveillance operation in place and intercepted accused selling cannabis to person in car, court heard

Gardaí searched accused's house and recovered a quarter kilo of cannabis with a street value of over €5,000, along with €2,775 in cash, court told. Picture: AP /Franka Bruns

A 29-year-old dealing drugs in Baltimore for a year used to walk through a wooded area to a remote stretch of road where his customers would meet him to make their purchases.

Detective Sergeant Michael Lyons said gardaí from the West Cork divisional drugs unit got information about suspected drug activity in the Baltimore area.