Judge warns of dangers of cocaine as drug is now 'the most popular in Cork'

The judge was commenting on a case in which a man was given community service in lieu of a prison term after his solicitor told the court he had turned his life around

The judge warned of the dangers posed by cocaine and the cocaine trade internationally. Picture: iStock

Cocaine now appears to be Cork’s most popular drug, a judge has said, warning of the death and destruction its manufacture causes internationally.

Judge Colm Roberts was commenting on a case in which a young man was given community service in lieu of a prison term after his solicitor told the court how he had worked to turn his life around.