No jail for man found with €19k worth of cannabis at his home in Cork City

Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard the accused 'was engaged in drug-dealing because of a drug debt'

Detective Sergeant Pat Lyons said the gardaí executed a warrant at the defendant’s home on March 23, 2022, and recovered over €19,000 worth of cannabis. File photo

A stash of cannabis with a street value exceeding €19,000 was recovered during a drugs search at a house in Douglas in Cork.

The seizure dated back to March 2022 and now at Cork Circuit Criminal Court the man who admitted responsibility for the drugs — 27-year-old Leon Murphy — has been given a fully suspended sentence of two years and six months.