Co Fermanagh man found with 13 packets of rockets in his car boot had them for his own 'domestic purposes', Dungannon court told
A Co Fermanagh man found with 13 packets of rockets in his car boot, was fined £150 with a £15 offender’s levy at Dungannon Magistrates Court on Friday.
District Judge Francis Rafferty was told police were operating in the Augher Road area of Clogher at approximatelly 10.25 pm on October 8 last year, when they stopped a Mercedes car.
Twenty-five-year-old Christopher Shannon, of Sallyswood, Irivinestown, admitted a charge of possessing the fireworks without a licence.
Prosecuting counsel said police stopped and spoke to Shannon before carrying out a search of the vehicle in which they found the rockets in the boot.
Asked whether he had a licence for the fireworks, the defendant replied that he did not have one.
A defence solicitor said Shannon was currently living in temporary accommodation and the fireworks were for his own domestic purposes.
Imposing the fine, Judge Rafferty also made an order for the destruction of the rockets.