A young Omagh man charged with possession of class 'C' drugs with intent to supply and with simple possession, broke down and cried in the dock of Omagh Court on Friday as an application for bail was rejected by RM, Liam McNally.

Paul McColgan of Meelmore Drive, Strathroy, was arrested on Thursday past following a raid on his home.

A police sergeant said that he believed he could connect the accused to the charges and opposed bail on the grounds that the defendant would re-offend.

Fergal Logan, solicitor, for the defence, asked the sergeant if he had put any evidence, in relation to the charge of intending to supply, to the accused.

The sergeant said he hadn't but said that he found cannabis which he valued at about £410 cut into six sections. He also said that the accused had two mobile phones in the house and refused to give officers the numbers he just called. He advised the court that the defendant had just served seven months in prison for similar offences.

Mr Logan suggested to the police witness that he had not put it to the defendant that he carried out a drugs deal the night before, the officer said he had not.

However, the officer said that the accused had admitted being addicted to cannabis.

Mr Logan said that anyone on any charge was entitled to the presumption of innocence and that there should be a presumption in favour bail. He said that he had viewed the cannabis in question and that it was a small amount.

He further said that there was no other evidence, as regards the trappings of drug dealing or a criminal life style. He also questioned the police value of the cannabis, and said that his client had advised him that the value was £190.

The RM, taking into account the defendant's previous nine convictions for similar offences and his addiction to cannabis, refused bail and remanded the accused in custody. However, he suggested that the bail application be revisited in six weeks.