Cork man swallowed deals of crack cocaine to avoid Garda search, court hears

Defendant also admitted smashing window of Audi car and stealing dashcam

Gardaí observed defendant throwing suspected crack cocaine deals on the ground and then getting down and eating them, court told

Crack cocaine deals were thrown away by a man trying to avoid a search and he was then seen getting down on the ground, eating the drugs and swallowing two deals.

And during another incident, the same man smashed his way into a parked Audi car, was later arrested and put in a Garda patrol car in Cork city centre, only to jump out of the car and flee the scene.