Man approached by Cork gardaí fled BMW and threw away bag of heroin and crack cocaine

Court told accused was addicted to cocaine at the time

The man's plastic bag contained €60,000 worth of heroin and €7,000 worth of crack cocaine.

A Louth man passing through Redemption Road in Cork jumped out the BMW when gardaí approached and he was seen throwing a clear plastic bag into a grassy area.

That was the scenario described by Detective Garda Linda O’Keeffe at Cork Circuit Criminal Court in the sentencing hearing for 33-year-old Darragh Smith, aged 33, who is residing with accommodation provided by the Peter McVerry Trust in Dublin and is formally of Co Louth.