Illegal drugs now in ‘every nook, cranny, parish and village’ in Kerry, joint policing committee previously heard
Cocaine, once rarely seen in the courts, was now the drug of choice, a judge has remarked after a plethora of cases of possession before him at Killarney District Court.
“Cocaine is more prevalent than cannabis,” Judge David Waters said at the regular bimonthly sitting on Tuesday.
Five men before him pleaded guilty to having possession of cocaine in Killarney town and a sixth was put back for hearing – twice as many as cases involving cannabis.
A number of other cases were adjourned for discovery and most of these too involved cocaine possession.
Judge Waters said there was a time when the drug was not around, but “the whole country seems awash with it” now.
The solicitor representing the predominantly young men before the court, Padraig O’Connell, agreed and said it was “the party drug” in Killarney.
https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2023/04/05/cocaine-more-prevalent-than-cannabis-judge-says-amid-string-of-killarney-cases/
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