A visitor caught with cannabis at the Sea Terminal has been fined £350.

Forty-seven-year-old Lee Murphy, of Moss Lane, Swinton, was arrested on June 3.

Police stopped him in a Mercedes Sprinter van, due to him having previous drug-related convictions, and presenting in a way consistent with the use of drugs.

A search of the van found 17.3 grams of the drug, which police valued at £346.

Murphy said he’d bought it for £150.

In court, he admitted importing the drug.

Defence advocate Kaitlyn Shimmin said that the defendant was in the process of getting a prescription for cannabis in the UK.

Magistrates ordered him to pay the fine immediately, plus £125 prosecution costs, or face up to 30 days’ prison.