Belfast Man's Bail Denied After Gun, Drugs Found

0:00That wraps your up news. Today, brought to you with AI, I'm Cory with the story. A 34-year-old billfast man named Joshua Govinscott nabbed last March 26th on the A1 near Lothbrookland in County Down, driving A. Ford EcoSport, stuffed with 165,000 pounds and vacuum-packed cash hidden in a laptop bag plus three phones and a thousand euros in his pocket. Fawel braids on two houses tied to him, turned up nearly 70,000 pounds worth of cannabis, deal bags, scales, a balaclava, die-stained, notes from what cops think was a robbery and a single round of ammo. He's charged with handling criminal cash and stolen goods plus intent to supply class B drugs. In billfast magistrates court this week, Govins pushed hard for bail, offering a big cash surety and a spot to crash in Bale Menna, but the defense claimed no reoffending risk despite the delays ahead. Turns out his confiscated car,

1:00optioned off and shipped to a dealer in Northwest England had a wild secret mechanics fixing the boot found a fully. Working counterfeit glock, nine millimeter pistol and 17 rounds stashed behind the tail light. DNA from Govins and a linked woman was all over it and cops noted it's not your typical underworld piece. District judge Ann Marshall shut down the bail bid flat, saying the public needs shielding from someone with his prints on a loaded gun next to all. That dope and kick the case out four more weeks.