'Sweating' passenger tried to avoid police on a train between Belfast and Coleraine and then crystal meth was found

A passenger who was "agitated, sweating profusely and pacing up and down" on a train between Belfast and Coleraine, abruptly turned away when police approached and when searched he had crystal meth.

He admitted possessing Class A drugs on August 4 last year.

A prosecutor told Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena on Tuesday, police were conducting a "routine patrol" at 2.50pm on the train when they encountered the defendant.

Declan Gallagher (41), of Ravenhill Reach Court, Belfast, had been sentenced at a court in Lisburn earlier this year for possession of crystal meth.

He has now received a five months jail term, suspended for two years.

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