A 20-year-old Cheshire man has been fined £540 after being caught in possession of a Class A drug in Crewe - earlier this month (April).

Jacob Sutton, of Beech Heyes Drive, Weaverham, Northwich, was charged with possession of Cocaine in Crewe on Sunday 2 April.

The Northwich man appeared at Chester Magistrates' Court on Monday 24 April - indicating a guilty plea to the offence.

Jacob Sutton appeared at Chester Magistrates' Court on Monday 24 April - indicating a guilty plea to possession of cocaine in Crewe (Wikimedia Commons).

Taking this into account, Chester Magistrates' fined Sutton £300.

On top of this, Sutton was ordered to pay £120 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service and a surcharge of £120.

Chester Magistrates ordered for the forfeiture and destruction of the cocaine - which was seized.

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