Almost £3K seized off Oban supplier

AN OBAN man who admitted supplying cannabis from his home has had more than £2,700 of cash seized by the town’s sheriff court.

James Adam Richell, 30, of Lorne Avenue, supplied the class B drug on March 5 this year, the court heard on Monday, September 28.

Procurator fiscal, Eoin McGinty, said that £2,785 had been seized in total at the property by police and asked for it to be confiscated.

Sheriff Ruth Anderson, QC, deferred sentence on Richell until October 13 for criminal justice reports, and ordered the money to be forfeited.

The court also heard that Richell had committed the offence while on bail granted at Dumbarton sheriff court on December 2 last year.

Admonished after charity donation

A WOMAN who fraudulently cashed cheques at an Oban town centre bank has been admonished, after donating the stolen sum to charity.

Marlene Elizabeth Armstrong, 58, of Dalinart Drive, Oban, admitted cashing the cheques worth £150 using forged signatures at the Bank of Scotland on Station Road, between May 3 and June 6 last year.

The person who issued the cheques was satisfied that the £150 had been donated to charity. The sheriff admonished Armstrong on Monday at Oban sheriff court.

Cash stolen from church collection

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after money was stolen from a donation box at Achnaba church, North Connel.

The money went missing between Sunday, September 20 and Sunday, September 27.

Anyone with information is asked to call the police on 101.