No bail for headshop-accused in govt proposals

The Government's crackdown on headshops is to include a provision to allow bail be refused to suspects.

New laws - banning all psychoactive substances - is being rushed through the Oireachtas.

They're going through the Seanad this afternoon, where the Justice Minister says he'll categorise the offences as "serious" to allow for the refusal of bail.

Source: The Irish Examiner, 23/06/2010