Accused threw white powder down toilet in Cork garda station 

Judge Colm Roberts told the man: 'I’m seeing you too much — I don’t want to see you, you don’t want to see me'

Judge Roberts warned the man that if he is convicted for a public order offence while drunk in a public place, or for having even €3 of cannabis, he will go to prison. File picture: Larry Cummins

A man arrested for intoxication threw tinfoil containing white powder down the toilet in a garda station, destroying evidence and potentially incurring a higher penalty.

Greg Lonergan, 26, had been arrested for intoxication in a public place. He was taken to a Cork garda station and was placed in a cell.