Adam David Mitchell pleaded guilty to possessing dangerous drugs
Police got more than they bargained for when they stopped a scooter rider for not wearing a helmet on the Fraser Coast.
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Police found a cocktail of drugs in a labourer’s backpack when they stopped him for failing to wear a helmet while riding a scooter on the Fraser Coast.
Adam David Mitchell, 57, pleaded guilty to three counts of possessing dangerous drugs, contravening a requirement and possessing drug utensils when he faced the Hervey Bay Magistrates Court on Thursday.
The court heard on December 29, 2024, police were carrying out patrols in Urangan when they stopped Mitchell, who was riding a scooter with no helmet.
Mitchell allowed the officers to search the bag he was carrying.
They found a clip seal bag containing cannabis, a tin containing mixed tobacco and cannabis, glass pipes and a small clip seal bag containing meth.
In addition, a coloured strip of paper later identified to be LSD was also found.
The court heard Mitchell had been before the court for drug offending previously in 2020.
Mitchell worked as a casual labourer doing tree lopping, the court was told.
He had adult children but no dependents.
It heard Mitchell had been feeling depressed and at the time had relapsed into drugs.
He was working to formulate a plans to address those issues.
Magistrate Trinity McGarvie said if the new offences had happened in 2020 or 2021, he could have faced jail because at that time he was “a recidivist drug related offender”.
Ms McGarvie said as five years had passed she was prepared to accept it was an incident he was seeking help for.
But she warned him against “resuming his involvement with drugs”.
Mitchell was fined a total of $1450.
Convictions were recorded.
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