POLICE found a CS gas cannister and drugs worth £30 when they searched a man's car in Burnley, magistrates heard.
Officers noticed a strong smell of cannabis when they stopped David Green on Piccadilly Road and spoke to him.
They discovered a bag of cannabis on the console and one on the driver's seat and a cannister fell out of a jacket when an officer moved it.
Green, of Caernarvon Avenue, Burnley, admitted possessing an offensive weapon and possessing cannabis.
The bench, adjourned sentence until December 14 but told Green they were considering a community penalty.
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