Tracy Norton drug possession charge M7 Clondouglas, Digi Mart USA News (Clondouglas, M7, Ireland): A 39-year-old woman from near Baltinglass, County Wicklow, was brought before Portlaoise District Court charged with possessing €280,000 worth of cannabis for sale or supply.
Before the court was Tracy Norton of The Burrow, Knockrigg, Grange Con, Co Wicklow. She is charged with possessing drugs for her own use and with possessing drugs for sale or supply when she was stopped by gardaí on the M7 at Clondouglas on 4 November.
The court was told that when the charges were put to the accused, she made no reply. Judge Andrew Cody heard that there was no garda objection to bail being granted.
The judge remanded Ms Norton on her own bail to the 22 February sitting of the court for directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Conditions of bail require that she sign on twice weekly at her local garda station, provide a mobile contact number to gardaí and have no contact by any means with two unnamed individuals.
Free legal aid was assigned to solicitor Barry Fitzgerald.
