A chef has appeared in court after £300,000 worth of cannabis and thousands of suspected smuggled cigarettes were discovered by police in the university area of Belfast.
Tandragee-based Jack Zhong Chen, also known as Bin Lin, is accused of evading customs duty, possession of cannabis, possession of cannabis with intent to supply and breach of an immigration restriction barring work.
A police officer told Belfast Magistrates’ Court on Saturday morning that the 43-year-old was arrested after police stopped a black BMW 7 Series on the Donegall Road in Belfast on Thursday.
He said the car was being driven by Chen, accompanied by an unknown woman, who was on his way to a house on nearby Virginia Way.
Belfast man jailed after advancing towards police claiming he had a cough
Aaron Carlin, 27, pleaded guilty to assault
A PSNI officer with a body-cam
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A Belfast man who advanced towards police after claiming he had a cough has been jailed for four months.
Belfast man with a cough jailed for approaching police officer 05 February, 2021 15:00
A Belfast man who advanced towards police after claiming he had a cough has been jailed for four months.
Prosecutors said Aaron Carlin defied repeated requests to back off because of the pandemic, instead pressing himself against an officer and then declaring it was only a joke .
The 27-year-old, of Great Victoria Street in the city, pleaded guilty to assault on police.
He also admitted disorderly behaviour and resisting police in a separate incident linked to Covid regulations.
Belfast Magistrates Court heard PSNI officers were called to disturbances outside his hostel accommodation on August 10 last year.
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