District judge orders pre-sentence report in case of Maghera teenager facing drug charges

A south Derry teenager has been in court on drug charges.

Callum Hughes, aged 19, from Sunnyside Drive, Maghera, faces three charges of possessing cannabis, cocaine and diazapam on July 7 last year.

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District Judge Conor Heaney said he would like a short pre-sentence report given the quantity of drugs involved.

Adjourning the case until March 11, the judge told Hughes at Magherafelt Magistrates Court that if he did not cooperate with probation he would deal with his case without a report.

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