INVERNESS SHERIFF COURT: Blade and drugs found by police after stop and search
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Police stopped a motorist who had passed them because they detected a strong smell of cannabis coming from the vehicle.
Officers intercepted 26 year old Stephen Hay about 4pm on February 27, 2021 on Harbour Road, Inverness and a saliva test proved positive for the Class B drug.
A subsequent blood test revealed Hay had 7mcgs of a cannabis metabolite in his system when the safe limit is 2mcgs.
Police then carried out a routine search of his car and found a Stanley knife blade in it.
As he had no reasonable excuse for having it he was charged with illegal possession of a blade in a public place.
Hay of Church Street, Inverness admitted the offences and was fined a total of £550 and banned from driving for a year.
Defence solicitor Clare Russell explained that he had the knife for opening packaging at his work and forgot it was there.
