Canowindra man Nathan Cole pleaded guilty at Cowra Local Court to driving with alcohol in his system and possessing cannabis.
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Mr Cole, 26, received a $200 fine, six month suspension and a 12 month bond to be of good behaviour.
Mr Cole’s solicitor, Nadel Abdi, told the court his client didn’t fully agree with the court facts but wanted the matter heard.
According to police reports, Mr Cole attended a party, became intoxicated and started arguing with party goers before being told to leave. While driving from the party, Mr Cole was yelling abuse and police were notified. While patrolling behind a Club on Gaskill Street, police witnessed Mr Cole’s car travelling towards them quickly.
He was stopped and issued a breath test which returned a positive reading of .108. Police then searched Mr Cole and found a ‘stick’ of cannabis in his pocket. Mr Abdi argued his client was moving the car from floodwaters and was holding the cannabis for a friend, and never intended on smoking it.
Police find steroids
Cowra man William Edward Stephen Webb, who pleaded guilty to possessing seven vials of anabolic steroids, has been fined $200 at Cowra Local Court.
Police found the drugs while completing a firearms check of Mr Webb’s business on the Young Road.
The court heard that Mr Webb races greyhounds and had been given the vials by a vet surgeon a number of years ago, but remained in possession of the drugs because the surgeon died after Mr Webb received them.
Although it is illegal for racing greyhounds to test positive to the drugs, they can be ordered by trainers, but must be kept by a vet surgeon and administered by a vet surgeon.
