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Confidential information received by gardaí led them to search a house in Castlebar where they found €254 worth of cannabis.

A 25-year-old man who was discovered with more than €1,000 worth of drugs in his residence, which he admitted to selling to friends and associates, was before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.

A 28-year-old Castlebar man was ordered to pay €150 to Down Syndrome, Ireland after he was found in possession of one cannabis plant he was growing in a wardrobe in his home. Garda William Grant told Castlebar District Court that on the basis of confidential information he received, he obtained a search warrant and searched the home of Mark Jones, 50 Lakeview, Castlebar, on September 7 2010. After carrying out the search he found one cannabis plant with a value of €100 and cannabis valued at €3.27 in the house. Garda Grant told the court that the cannabis was for Jones’s own use and he co-operated with the search throughout.

A Castlebar man who was found in possession of a five inch butterfly knife was before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.

A 22-year-old, with 12 previous convictions, who gave a garda the finger and told him he was a “Northern Irish c***” was before Castlebar District Court this week.

A row which broke out outside the Traveller’s Friend in Castlebar involving a number of men in which one man received stitches and a broken nose, led to two men being charged with section three assaults.

Three men from the Travelling community in Dublin were charged at Castlebar District Court this week for handling stolen goods.