Cork woman caught with cocaine and cannabis worth €16,000 gets suspended sentence

Accused was under the influence of someone more pernicious who would prey on people who would be less savvy, court heard

Gardaí found €13,000 worth of cocaine and €2,900 worth of cannabis in a handbag at the home of the accused, court told.

Stashes of cocaine and cannabis with a street value of about €16,000 were found in the bedroom of a house in Cork and now a woman has been given a suspended jail term for her involvement in the drug dealing.

The 31-year-old woman accused of cocaine and cannabis for sale or supply signed pleas of guilty to those charges. The signed pleas of guilty by Katie Hanlon, of Comeragh Park, The Glen, Cork, was entered at Cork District Court.