A 26-year-old Sandy's man pleaded guilty to possessing 11.64 grams of cannabis.

At Magistrates' Court, Crown Counsel Maria Sofianos told how Police on mobile patrol spotted Francis Desilva, of Daniel's Head Road, Sandy's, on June 4, 2006, acting suspiciously near School Lane, Sandy's.

Officers searched Desilva under the Misuse of Drugs Act and found a brown paper twist and a cigarette containing a plant-like substance.

He admitted to Police that the substance was cannabis, saying: "It's for my own personal use," before he was arrested and taken to Hamilton Police Station.

Desilva apologised to the court and Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo fined him $600 with 60 days default.