A 22-year-old New Quay man who pleaded guilty to possession of a quantity of the class C drug ketamine has been fined at Ceredigion Magistrates Court.

Samuel Edwin James Harries, of 6 Cwm Ifor, New Quay, admitted possession of the drug at Aberystwyth University on February 1 contrary to the Misuse of Drugs Act.

He was fined £65 with £85 costs and £20 victim surcharge. The bench made a destruction order for the seized ketamine.