A CHESTER man was handed a six-month community order after he admitted possessing a syringe containing heroin.
Robert Mills, 56, of Watergate Street, pleaded guilty to having the class A drug when police officers visited him on July 24.
Prosecuting, Laurence Bestow said police officers visited him on an unrelated matter, where he produced a syringe with brown liquid, which was found to be heroin.
Magistrates at Chester Magistrates Court heard since the offence, Mills has been in court twice and has been on a drug treatment programme.
The court heard Mills was on a 12-month community order, including a drug rehabilitation requirement, and had attended all the sessions, to make “a fairly good start”.
Mr Bestow added: “A concurrent order would be the most appropriate course of action.”
Steven Ferns, defending, said Mills had been combating his drug problem.
Magistrates handed Mills a six-month community order, with a six-month supervision order to run concurrently, which would include a drug rehabilitation programme.
Mills must also pay £50 prosecution costs and the syringe was to be forfeited and destroyed.
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