Court / Unpaid work for drugs possession
A MAN was sentenced to 70 hours unpaid work after being caught with drugs on him near his home in Ladies Drive, Lerwick.
Ryan James Galbraith, 25, admitted possessing 0.24 grammes of class A drug heroin worth £30 and 20 Clonazolam tablets worth £10 on 19 April.
Lerwick Sheriff Court heard on Wednesday that Galbraith had been fully cooperative when he was stopped and searched by police.
He was given three months in which to complete his community payback order.
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