A MAN has been fined after being caught in possession of cocaine at a Bradford train station.

Michael Lopez, 49, of Grierson Road, Carlisle, Cumbria appeared in court on one charge of possessing a controlled drug of class A – other.

He was found in possession of seven grammes of cocaine, a Class A drug, at Bradford Forster Square Railway Station. The offence took place on May 7, 2022.

Lopez was fined £250 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £34 victim surcharge for this offence.

The 7g of cocaine is to be forfeited and destroyed by West Yorkshire Police under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.

Lopez pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced at Bradford & Keighley Magistrates’ Court on May 27, 2022.