Ballymena man with 138 convictions was caught with pregabalin tablets
A Ballymena man with 138 previous convictions was caught with 54 pregabalin tablets, a court has heard.
Paul Millar (43), with an address listed as Simon Community, Trostan Avenue, had the pregabalin offence detected on September 25 last year.
A defence solicitor said the tablets were for personal use by the defendant who had struggled with drugs all his life since the age of 16.
The defendant was fined £200 at Ballymena Magistrates Court on Thursday of last week (January 29).