Football fan caught with £200 of cocaine in Falkirk town centre pub

By Court Reporter
Published 20th Jun 2023, 11:42 BST
Updated 20th Jun 2023, 11:42 BST
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A post match drinking session turned nasty for one football fan when he tried to evade police and leave a pub while carrying £200 worth of cocaine.

Mark Jenkins, 26, appeared at Falkirk Sheriff Court last Thurday having pleaded guilty to possession of class A drug cocaine and resisting police officers at the Wellington Bar, Manor Street, Falkirk on November 21, 2021.

The court heard Jenkins had five grams of cocaine worth £200 on him when police entered the town centre bar.

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Simon Hutchison, defence solicitor, said Jenkins had been at the football and had too much to drink when he took possession of the cocaine in a pub.

Jenkins was caught with the cocaine in The Wellington Bar (Picture: Jamie Forbes)Jenkins was caught with the cocaine in The Wellington Bar (Picture: Jamie Forbes)
Jenkins was caught with the cocaine in The Wellington Bar (Picture: Jamie Forbes)

"He tried to leave the premises when police came in,” added Mr Hutchison. “He struggled briefly with them.”

Sheriff Alison Michie fined Jenkins, 8 Cruickshank Drive, Shieldhill, the sum of £470 to be paid back at a rate of £30 per week.