OO loses job on drug charges

An optometrist has lost his job after pleading guilty to six counts of drug possession in Plymouth Magistrates Court according to The Herald.

Magistrates were told how 23-year-old Lloyd Collins had collected hallucinogenic mushrooms on a camping trip. Police with a drugs warrant raided his address on July 16 2008 and also discovered small amounts of amphetamine and cannabis, some ketamine and two other class A drugs.

In court Collins pleaded guilty to six charges of drug possession and received a 12-month conditional discharge and was ordered to pay £60 court costs.