A MAN living in Ilminster has been sentenced for possession of drugs, after being stopped on the M5 in Somerset.
The defendant, Mark Gold, 43, from Horton in Ilminster, appeared in Taunton Magistrates' Court on June 1 of this year.
The court listings state that on August 17 of last year, when Gold was driving on the M5 northbound between J23 (Bridgwater) and J22 (Burnham-on-Sea), he had in his possession ketamine and cannabis.
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The court listings state that on June 1 of this year, Gold indicated guilty to the offences.
Gold's guilty plea was taken into consideration, and he has been ordered to pay £40 in costs and a fine of £120.
The court listings state the drugs are also to be forfeited and destroyed.
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