During a search of a flat in Aaran Place, Ballina, in January 2012, gardaí discovered digital weighing scales, empty dealing bags, and cannabis worth €37. A man from Bonniconlon admitted that the cannabis was his and for his own personal use.
Darren Jospeh Jordan, Carra, Bonniconlon, Ballina, has no previous drug related convictions. The defendant, who did not assist gardaí as to where he got the drugs, was convicted and fined €200 by Judge Mary Devins.