Suspended sentence for man who stored cannabis in Cork

A €17,000 stash of cannabis was seized in Bandon in June 2023 and now the man who stored the drug has been given a four-year suspended sentence.

The accused man affirmed his plea of guilty to drugs charges arising out of that seizure and was sentenced at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

46-year-old Arkadiusz Zimon who lives in an apartment on Washington Street, Cork, admitted that at the Acorns, Castleoaks, Bandon, County Cork, he had cannabis for sale or supply on June 18 2023.

Defence senior counsel Alice Fawsitt submitted background reports on the accused who had addiction issues at the time.

The prosecution accepted that he had a cannabis addiction and alcohol issues and was effectively involved in the sale or supply of drugs in order to get his own supply of drugs.

Judge Dermot Sheehan imposed the fully suspended sentence on the accused at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

The judge referred to the additional value attributable to the plea of guilty in circumstances where the accused individual was associated with the Bandon address but was not resident there.

Evidence was given that the 46-year-old had been working in construction jobs.