Cannabis - a stock image of the Class B drug (Image: Public)
A MAN found with a hefty amount of cannabis in his possession has been handed a fine… more than four years after the offence.
Ashley Bateman, 34, was caught by police officers with 18.41g of the Class B drug in his possession in Colchester.
Colchester Magistrates’ Court heard the offence took place on June 6, 2018.
Bateman, of Wellesley Road, Colchester, admitted possessing cannabis.
He was ordered by magistrates to pay £162 in a fine, costs and victim surcharge.
The cannabis is to be destroyed by Essex Police.
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