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Subscriber only A Nimbin man who couldn t get his medical cannabis prescription filled during the Christmas break has been convicted for possessing cannabis. Gerhard Wilfred Weihermann, 62, appeared before Lismore Local Court on Wednesday, where he pleaded guilty to possessing a prohibited drug. Weihermann had been searched by police in Nimbin on December 31 after officers witnessed him in Allsop Park on Cullen Street meeting with a group of people known to police for drug supply offences , court documents revealed. When police approached him, they could see a sum of cash in Weihermann s top shirt pocket and suspected he had drugs on his person.