A MAN caught with a kilo of cannabis must pay just over £300 in costs and fines.

Alex Peter Havill was caught with a kilo of cannabis.

The 26-year-old of Leighton Road, Southampton was charged with a single count of possessing a class B drug.

Appearing before Southampton Magistrates' Court he indicated a guilty plea to the offence which happened on August 3 last year.

He was fined £200.

Havill must pay a £34 victim surcharge and £85 in court costs.

Meanwhile, the court ordered the drugs to be destroyed.