Handed over cannabis before he was strip searched
Conor Campbell, whose address was given as Ballynamoney Road, Lurgan, was fined £175 last Wednesday at Craigavon Magistrates Court for unlawful possession of a class B drug on May 8 last year.
He was also ordered to pay a £15 offender’s levy.
The court heard that at 1.40am police saw a car in William Street and there were two males standing outside it.
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Hide AdThey noticed Campbell’s eyes were glazed, his pupils dilated and there was a strong smell of cannabis coming from the car.
He was taken to Lurgan police station for a strip search but before it started he produced a small bag of herbal cannabis from his groin area.
He said he had bought it for £20 and it was for his own personal use.
His solicitor told the court Campbell was a full time student.