'It was Creatine after all': Clare man freed after gardaí mistakenly identify white powder as cocaine

At the bail hearing last month, a garda said Mr Walsh was caught 'red-handed' as €22,232 worth of cocaine was found in his home

The court heard that Robbie Walsh was so confident that the white substance was Creatine that he presented himself at Kilrush Garda Station.

A 30-year-old west Clare man spent five weeks on remand in prison due to an incorrect initial Garda test which wrongly determined that the white substance found at his home was cocaine.

In the case before Ennis District Court, Judge Alec Gabbett commented “it was Creatine after all” before directing Robbie Walsh’s release from Limerick prison.