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21/11/2003
Lorry driver appears in court over drugs seizure
A 39-year-old lorry driver, Patrick David McAuley has appeared in court today charged with possession and intent to supply a class B drug.
The charge relates to the seizure of 300 kilos of cannabis with an estimated street value of £1.5 million from a lorry at Belfast docks on Thursday.
Mr McAuley whose address was given as Whitepark Cottages, Ballycastle, denied the charges. He was remanded in custody.
Police arrested him when he disembarked from a ferry from Scotland on Thursday.
(MB)
The charge relates to the seizure of 300 kilos of cannabis with an estimated street value of £1.5 million from a lorry at Belfast docks on Thursday.
Mr McAuley whose address was given as Whitepark Cottages, Ballycastle, denied the charges. He was remanded in custody.
Police arrested him when he disembarked from a ferry from Scotland on Thursday.
(MB)
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