A HAVERFORDWEST man who purchased a amount of what he believed was authorized hemp, this week discovered himself earlier than magistrates on a cost of possessing a managed Class B drug.
Jayden Morgan-James was visited by officers at his home deal with in Vicary Crescent, Milford Haven on November 15, 2023.
“The officers wanted to carry out a welfare check but upon their arrival the defendant was inside the property and became irate when asked to step outside,” Crown Prosecutor Abigail Jackson advised Haverfordwest magistrates this week.
“He continued to argue and was eventually arrested.”
While officers carried out a search of the property, they found a amount of hashish which had been placed inside a big bag. Subsequent examinations confirmed this amounted to 69.05 grams.
Morgan-James pleaded responsible to a cost of possessing the managed class B drug. He was represented in court docket by Mr David Wiliams.
“At first glance this might appear to be quite a large amount of cannabis, “ he said. “But it’s just over two ounces in weight, so it’s not a humongous amount.”
Mr Williams went on to say that his shopper makes use of hemp as a method of coping along with his schizophrenia, extreme melancholy and nervousness.
“He takes a plethora of prescribed drugs including sedatives and antidepressants and his possession of cannabis plays a significant part in that,” he defined.
“He consumes cannabis because he finds its relaxing properties are beneficial. He bought this, believing it was hemp with CBD [cannabidiol] content, however the drug seized by the police was analysed and a large quantity was found to contain cannabis.”
Morgan-James was fined £80 and ordered to pay £85 court docket prices and a £32 surcharge. A forfeiture and destruction order was imposed for the hashish.
