A COUNTY Derry man who was in a car which sped away from a Garda checkpoint was caught with drugs later, Letterkenny District Court has heard.
Cathal Deery, Millgrove Park, Eglinton, Co Derry, was a passenger in a speeding car which gardaí pursued outside Letterkenny after it failed to stop during the Donegal rally weekend.
Inspector Goretti Sheridan told the court that gardaí were on patrol near Lurgybrack when a car sped past them.
Gardaí pursued the vehicle and a short distance away the car stopped and two men were seen running off.
Deery, who is 23, was later caught and attempted to fight with gardaí.
He was caught with nine Ecstasy tablets.
He apologised to the court for his behaviour.
Deery was ordered to pay €200 to the Pieta House Donegal charity.