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A 22-year-old man has been remanded in custody at Derry Magistrate's Court today on a series of drug charges.
The man who was granted anonymity due to the general threat existing in the city faced charges relating to the finding of drugs valued between £4,500 to £5,000.
The man was charged with five charges relating to possessing drugs with intent to supply on July 26 last year.
He was also charged with 11 counts of possessing class A, B and C drugs with intent to supply on January 7, possessing the drugs and being concerned in the supply of drugs all on the same date.
A police officer connected the accused to the charges and opposed bail.
The court was told that police carried out a search of a property on July 26 and found drugs and as a result of forensic tests the defendant's DNA was found on a bag.
Then as a result of intelligence the officer said a search was carried out of the defendant's home address on January 6.
As a result cocaine of both low and high quality was found as well as cannabis, ecstasy, Xanax and Diazepam.
The defendant was arrested and bail was opposed due to the fact he was already on police bail at the time of the alleged second set of offences.
The officer also said that the address was not suitable as that was where the drugs were allegedly found.
He added that police believed he would not abide by conditions.
Defence solicitor Seamus Quigley said his client had no record and was only one of four people residing at the address.
He said that the evidence in the July case 'was not great' and further evidence may or may not add to the case.
The solicitor said that the incident was 'a wake up call' for his client who had accepted he had 'to do something about this.'
District Judge Barney McElholm said that this man was on bail when the second set of offences were said to have occurred and there was a risk of further offences.
Bail was refused and the man was remanded in custody to appear again on February 2.
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