Man arrested in Cork on five-year-old drug charge hoped it had been forgotten

When he was arrested, the defendant gave a false name

The defendant was arrested on the platform at Kent railway station on Thursday evening. File picture: Dan Linehan

A man who was hoping that two five-year-old bench warrants on drug-dealing and public order charges had been forgotten by the gardaí was arrested on the platform at Kent railway station on Thursday evening.

Detective Garda Ruairí McGovern said on Friday gardaí were objecting to bail being granted to the man, Benjamin Schweizer, who was previously living at Classis Lake, Ovens, County Cork.