CANNABIS has been ordered to be destroyed after it was discovered in Hereford.

Tyshane Brown entered a guilty plea to one count of possessing cannabis, a controlled drug of class B, when he appeared before magistrates in Kidderminster on July 22.

The court heard the 29-year-old had been caught with cannabis in his possession in Hereford on February 1.

He was found to be in possession of the class B controlled drug contrary to section five and schedule four of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.

Brown, of Grange Road, Weymouth, was handed an £80 fine.

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He must also pay costs of £85 and a £32 victim surcharge, while the cannabis was seized by police and ordered to be destroyed under section 27 of the Misuse of Drugs Act.

His guilty plea was taken into account by magistrates when they were deciding on a sentence to impose.

He must pay off his court bill in full by August 19.