A County Antrim man who allegedly fled a car containing £100,000 worth of suspected cocaine claims he parked up to relax and watch YouTube videos
Daryl Patton, 37, appeared in court charged with possession of a class A controlled drug with intent to supply
Mr Patton, of Dorchester Avenue in Newtownabbey, appeared at Belfast Magistrates' Court on Friday on charges of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply, obstruction and using a motor vehicle without insurance.An investigating detective said police encountered Mr Patton sitting in the vehicle parked at Mallusk Playing Fields.
Mr Patton initially claimed he had been surfing the internet, then said he was meeting a friend, before telling police he was going to a nearby relative's house. "He said he drove to the playing fields to relax and watch some YouTube videos because his mental health was not so good, and he was fed up staying in the house over Christmas," the detective said."He said that he had never seen the blocks of cocaine before and his fingerprints and DNA would not be on them."
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