A 16-year-old boy has been jailed for six months and fined €300 after admitting to trafficking in ecstasy, possessing ecstasy which was not for his own use, possessing cannabis, committing a crime within 100 metres of a place frequented by young people and breaching bail conditions.

The boy was stopped by policemen as he was entering an entertainment spot and was found to be in possession of 27 ecstasy pills which he intended to sell for €10 each after having bought them for €5 each, the prosecution said.

It also resulted that he had sold drugs at another establishment.

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