Teen caught with cannabis

Police search turns up drugs and cash

A TOOWOOMBA teenager caught with more than 35g of cannabis as well as a small amount of ecstasy, cash and drug utensils has been placed on probation to address his drug issues.

Police had executed a search warrant at Michael Jason Cutajar’s Toowoomba home on August 4, the Toowoomba Magistrates Court heard.

The search turned up a number of clip seal bags containing “green leafy material”, 0.1g of white powder which

Cutajar said was MDMA (ecstasy), glass pipes for smoking the drug and $390 cash.

Asked where the cash came from, the 18-year-old had replied: “You know” and declined to comment further, police prosecutor Cameron Francis told the court.

In total, 36.9g of cannabis was found in various places in the home, Mr Francis told the court.

Cutajar pleaded guilty to possessing dangerous drugs, possessing drug related utensils and possessing property suspected as being proceeds of an offence under the Drugs Misuse Act.

His solicitor Ryan McCullough, of MacDonald Law, told the court his client had no criminal history at all.

The teenager had started using cannabis in his early teens after mixing with “the wrong crowd”, he said.

His client was in part-time employment as a cook which he enjoyed, Mr McCullough said.

Magistrate Graham Lee ordered the convictions not be recorded and placed Cutajar on eight months probation to include random testing for illicit drugs with any negative test constituting a breach of the order.