Gardaí claim to catch Cork man red-handed with cocaine worth €8,000 in bedside locker

The 57-year-old man was refused bail

The accused man denied that it was cocaine and stated that it was a mixing agent. File photo

A man lying in bed at his home in Togher was caught with over €8,000 worth of cocaine in his bedside locker on Wednesday morning, it was alleged on Thursday as gardaí objected to his release on bail.

Detective Garda Emmet Long testified at Cork District Court that Laurence (Larry) O’Sullivan of 3 Palmbury Orchard, Togher, Cork, was allegedly caught red-handed.