Cork teen bit garda during arrest after cannabis seized on train

Teenager sent to Oberstown for 18 months after pleading guilty to having drugs and assault causing harm 

The cannabis seized at Mallow train station had a street value of €17,900.

A 15-year-old who was caught with €17,900 worth of cannabis at Mallow train station abused the arresting garda as a ‘faggot’ and said in other circumstances he would hunt him down.

Judge Helen Boyle sent the teenager to Oberstown for 18 months and said: “You cannot put an old head on young shoulders. You had potential in primary school. But you were going to secondary school under the influence of cannabis.”