A 50-year-old man caught with cannabis too small to register a weight has been given a conditional discharge.
Ian Ronald Goldsmith admitted possessing the drug and was also ordered to pay £125 prosecution costs.
He was stopped by police on October 23, initially regarding an unrelated matter.
A search found a snap bag containing cannabis.
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The quantity was said to be so small that it didn’t register a weight, but the defendant was brought to court due to his previous cannabis-related convictions.
Duty advocate Paul Glover said that Goldsmith, of Demesne Road, Douglas, was waiting for a medicinal cannabis prescription, which was received on October 24.
He’ll pay the costs at a rate of £10 per week, deducted from benefits.