Lennox James Woods had gummy bears laced with LSD when pulled over by cops on his e-scooter

The then 18-year-old was pulled over for not wearing a helmet or having lights on his e-scooter, but it was what was in his pocket that gained police focus.

A teenage would-be drug dealer’s operation was brought to an abrupt halt when he was pulled over by police for not wearing a helmet or having lights on his electric scooter.

Toowoomba District Court was told Lennox James Woods was seen by police riding an e-scooter on Ruthven St about 1.45am, February 2, 2023, without lights and not wearing a helmet.

The then 18-year-old immediately admitted to police he had gummy bears laced with acid (lysergic acid diethylamide or LSD) which he was taking to another person at a motel, the court was told.

Prosecutor Abby Kong told the court the 17 gummy bears were analysed as having a total LSD concentration of 0.000561g.

Lennox James Woods leaving Toowoomba Courthouse on February 8, 2024.

As police were talking to him, they noticed Woods’ phone was receiving Snapchat messages but he had initially refused to give the officers his PIN, she said.

However, the next day he contacted police and provided the PIN to his phone on which was found evidence of drug supplies or offers of drug supplies, Ms Kong said.

Woods, now 19, pleaded guilty to eight counts of supplying a dangerous drug and to one of possessing a dangerous drug.

Ms Kong said two counts related to offers to supply small amounts of cannabis and the others were offers or actual supplies of the gummy bears.

Lennox James Woods leaves Toowoomba Courthouse after being sentenced on February 8, 2024.

Three of those actual supplies were charged arising from the teenager’s own admissions without which police would not have been able to charge him, she said.

Woods’ barrister Jessica Goldie told the court her client had started a house painting apprenticeship which was interrupted in December 2022 when he was airlifted to a Brisbane hospital with bleeding on the brain, the result of an e-scooter crash.

When he was released from hospital he had intended returning to that apprenticeship but his employer had a downturn in business and lost that job, she said.

Woods had been living in Ipswich and looking for work but intended moving to Bundaberg next week to live with an aunt where he had the opportunity of work, Ms Goldie said.

Judge Anthony Rafter SC noted Woods had no criminal history and ordered the convictions not be recorded and placed the teenager on 18 months probation.