A man was fined $500 yesterday for having a crack pipe on his person.

Gary Gibbons, 48, pleaded guilty to the March 30, 2007 offence at Magistrates' Court.

The court heard the pipe was found on him by a Police officer who pulled him over on his motorcycle on Parsons Road, Devonshire, for an unrelated traffic matter.

Asked if he was carrying any drugs, Gibbons, whose address was not given in court, told the officer: "I smoked it already."

Tests revealed the presence of crack cocaine on the pipe.