MEMBERS of the Armed Garda Emergency Response Unit stopped the driver of a stolen car at the Topaz filling station on the Ennis Road last September, and found it to have false number plates.
21-year-old Michael Ryan, with an address at Silverwood, Mountmellick, was also in possession of a bag of cannabis worth €15 and a bag of 10 “UpJohn9” tablets worth €20 in the car.
Judge Eamon O’Brien heard that the vehicle was reported stolen from the Longford area and that Ryan made admissions as to the possession of the drugs and the unlawful taking of the car.
A bench warrant was also in existence for his arrest
Ryan is currently serving a prison sentence with a release date of January 20, 2012, and was in custody since October 5 in Castlerea Prison.
Solicitor Chris Lynch, told the court that the accused was due to be married upon release and that he wished to settle his ways after dealing with “drug issues”.
Judge Eamon O’Brien convicted and sentenced him to nine months in prison for the unlawful taking of the vehicle and backdated the concurrent sentence to September 8 last, and returned him to Castlerea Prison.
