A MAN has been ordered to pay more than £400 after he was found with Class A drugs, mobile phones and cash when his car was stopped in Basingstoke.

Florin Parllaku, 23, from Hartington Road, London, was charged with a drugs offence after officers stopped a car in Basingstoke on May 13.

Officers stopped the Mercedes on the A30 near the Black Dam Roundabout following information received from a member of the public.

Following a search, they found suspected Class A drugs, mobile phones and cash.

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Parllaku appeared at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, June 7, where he indicated a plea of guilty.

He was fined £300, and must also pay £85.00 in costs and a £34.00 surcharge.

An order was also made for the destruction of 10 individual deal bags of cocaine.

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