Teenager from Westquarter caught with £1000 of cannabis in parked car
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Lewis Waters (19), 39 Langton Road, Westquarter, appeared at Falkirk Sheriff Court last Thursday having admitted possessing the class B drug with intent to supply in Spinkhill, Laurieston on September 7 last year.
Procurator fiscal depute Sean Maher said: “It was 11pm when police officers came across a vehicle in a car park and detected a strong smell of cannabis. The accused was within the vehicle in the front passenger side smoking a reefer cigarette.
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Hide Ad“A number of items were recovered and he stated the items were cannabis and they belonged to him.”
The court heard 92.8 grams of herbal cannabis worth £1000 was recovered by police on the night in question.
Murray Aitken, defence solicitor, said the value of the drugs was derived from the fact the were split into 26 3.5 gram bags priced at £40 each, so they could have made Waters around £1000 if he sold them all.
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Hide AdHe added: “Foolish is an understatement. He had been passing on the cannabis to people who were suffering from the same difficulty as him.”
Sheriff Derek Hamilton deferred sentence on Waters until February 4.
He said: “I haven’t decided what to do with you. There is a conviction for dealing drugs on your record which is not a great start for your young adulthood. We will find out if you are back working and you may find it will hit your pocket hard.
“If you can buy something that would have made you £1000 then you must have a lot of money to throw around.”