Drugs seized at Belfast docks

Two Belfast men were charged yesterday with possessing £360,000 worth of drugs with intent to supply

Two Belfast men were charged yesterday with possessing £360,000 worth of drugs with intent to supply. Mr Stephen Blair (25), of Jamaica Street, and Mr Dermuid McAnoy (29), of Oldpark Road, were arrested on Saturday as they drove away from a ferry at Belfast docks. Police later found 32kg of cannabis resin hidden in their car. The defendants were remanded in custody for a week.

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