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A Claremorris man who was found in possession of more than 1,000 packs of cigarettes was convicted and fined €2,500 at Claremorris District Court this week. Vitalijs Solovejs, 42 Ashfield Court, Claremorris, pleaded guilty in court to the charges against him. Customs officer John Flynn stated that on June 22 2010 he obtained a search warrant to search the home of Solovejs and carried out a search. During it he found a box that contained 21,200 cigarettes which equated to 1,060 individual boxes of 20 cigarettes. The court was told the retail value of the items seized would have been just under €10,000 and that the total loss of revenue to the State would have been €5,780.21.

A Ballindine man was convicted of drink driving and given a three-year driving ban at Claremorris District Court this week.

A Claremorris man who pleaded guilty to two separate counts of drug possession, and one charge of having drugs for sale or supply, was given a total of seven months in prison in Claremorris District Court this week.

Judge Mary Devins this week held over her decision until the December sitting of Claremorris District Court in a case of two men involved in a fatal accident. Both David Duggan and John Costello pleaded guilty to the charges in court in relation to a fatal accident on August 20 2010 outside of Claremorris.

A member of the Chicago Police Department who is in Mayo on holidays was disqualified from driving for four years at Claremorris District Court this week.

Judge Mary Devins this week lashed the proposed closure of a number of courts in the county — a move which will see several sittings being moved to Castlebar. The venue in which Judge Devins chose to make her feelings known — Kiltimagh Town Hall, which has hosted the sittings of both Claremorris District Court and Kiltimagh District Court for the past number of years — along with Swinford, is one of the venues set to be cut by the Buildings Subcommittee of the Court Services.

A Ballinrobe man who stole eight cans of cider valued at €9.99 from Cummins’ super market in Ballinrobe was ordered to pay €5 to the shop owner this week in Claremorris District Court.

A Galway woman who stole a bag from Mass in Ballindine was given a three month sentence in Claremorris District Court this week.

A Polish man who works as a chef in Castlebar, who signed on for social welfare benefits of a friend of his who had returned to Poland, was sentenced to six months in prison at Claremorris District Court this week.

A Ballyhaunis woman who was involved in a minor traffic accident where Gardai found that a five-year-old child not properly restrained in the back of the car, was disqualified from driving for three months in Claremorris District Court this week.