Suspended prison sentence for cannabis possession in city

Date Published: 16-May-2013

A man who was caught red-handed with a kilo of cannabis in the boot of his car has been given a suspended three-year sentence.

26 year old Lithuanian, Zydrunas Bendorius of An Creagan, Galway, who has been living and working here for seven years appeared before Galway Circuit Criminal Court.

Bendorius pleaded guilty to the possession of €12,000 worth of cannabis herb, which was found in two vacuum-packed bags in the boot of his car when it was stopped by Gardai at Briarhill on September 15, 2011.