A LLANDYSUL man caught with cocaine and cannabis must pay fines and costs totalling nearly £300.

Mathew John Pritchard, of Station Road, Llandysul, admitted possession of both the drugs at Pontwelly, Llandysul on October 15. He had three grammes of cocaine and two grammes of herbal cannabis.

Magistrates at Aberystywth fined Pritchard £120 for the cocaine offence and £50 for having the cannabis.

The 23-year-old also had to pay £85 costs and a £30 victim surcharge. The drugs were ordered to be destroyed.