Magistrates also order forfeiture and destruction of the drugs seized by police

A man who was caught with cannabis has been ordered to pay more than £250.

Matthew Stringer, aged 35, had a quantity of the drug in his possession in Telford on May 5 this year.

Stringer, of Little Wenlock, Telford, pleaded guilty at Telford Magistrates Court to possession of a controlled drug of class B.

Magistrates fined Stringer £133 and ordered him to pay £85 in prosecution costs and a £53 victim surcharge, leaving him owing £271 to the court.

The forfeiture and destruction of the cannabis was also ordered.

Telford man, 35, caught with cannabis is fined