Letterkenny Town Park. Pic by Northwest Newspix.
GARDAÍ seized a bag of cannabis worth €120 during an operation at Letterkenny Town Park, the local court has heard.
Stephen Fox, 22, from Glendale Drive in Letterkenny admitted possession of the drug when he appeared before Judge Paul Kelly.
The court heard Gda Elaine Gordon was responding to reports of a disturbance and Fox ran off. She saw him throw something away and discovered the cannabis in a hedge during a follow-up search on October 29 last year.
Judge Kelly asked Fox: “How can you afford €120 for cannabis?”
Fox told the judge he received €188 per week disability benefit but that he hadn’t bought the drugs himself saying he and his friends had “grouped the money together to buy the cannabis.”
The judge ordered Fox to pay €150 to St Vincent de Paul as it was his first offence.