A PARK warder who found a 9oz block of cannabis hidden between a tree and a wall handed it in to a retired police superintendent who lived nearby, a court was told.
Blackburn magistrates heard that forensic work eventually led police to Thomas Eglin some 12 months later.
Eglin, 18, of Somerset Avenue, Clitheroe, pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis and was fined £50 with £50 costs. A charge of possession with intent to supply was withdrawn.
Rachael Adamson, defending, said her client was approached by police a year after the cannabis was discovered.
"It is a classic example, if ever there was one, that your sins will find you out," said Miss Anderson. "He pleads guilty on the basis that it was in his possession at some point."
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