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A man busted with $50 of marijuana claimed his friend asked him to purchase the illicit substance for them.
Brian Kenneth Shaw, 30, pleaded guilty on April 22 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count each of possessing a dangerous drug and supplying a dangerous drug.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Darrell Dalton said police intercepted Shaw and a female on Upper Dawson Road at 9pm on March 8 and detained them for a search.
He said Shaw declared three grams of marijuana which he claimed he had purchased for a friend for $50.
Sergeant Dalton said a further one gram of marijuana was found in Shaw’s wallet.