A TEENAGER was granted a conditional discharge for 12 months and ordered to pay £118 costs by Blackburn magistrates after pleading guilty to possessing cannabis.

The court heard that police approached Rafik Lorgat's car late at night when it was parked on a grassy area near Robinson Street.

They noticed the smell of cannabis and as Lorgat stepped out the officers found a small piece of the drug on his seat.

Basharat Ditta, defending, said Lorgat 18, of Whalley Old Road, Little Harwood, had no previous convictions and had been in possession of a very small amount of cannabis, not more than £2 worth.

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