Drugs found in rucksack after Cork man who set off fireworks fled from gardaí

Bag contained €15,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis

As well as the drugs in the bag, there was a cocaine mixing agent and €2,100 in cash which the defendant later accepted was the proceeds of his drug-related activities.

 A Cobh man setting off fireworks at Halloween attracted the attention of gardaí causing him to flee the scene and leaving his rucksack behind. The rucksack was later found to contain €15,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis.

 Patrick Tobin, aged 40, of 179 Comeragh Park, The Glen, Cork, faced sentencing at Cork Circuit Criminal Court for having cocaine worth over €10,000 and €5,000 worth of cannabis for sale or supply in that rucksack.