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A Douglas man who bought almost 3,000 Diazepam tablets from the Cameroon with the intention of selling them on will be sentenced next month. 

 

Customs officers stopped a parcel intended for 29-year-old Gary Pownall on February 10th after becoming suspicious. 

 

It contained 2,900 tablets of two varying strengths - a search warrant was later executed at two addresses which also turned up a female cannabis plant. 

 

Pownall then gave police permission to check his bank account where they'd found he transferred £300 to the Cameroon on January 27th in exchange for the drugs. 

 

At Douglas Courthouse yesterday Pownall pleaded guilty to being concerned in the production of the Class C drug and possession of it with intent to supply - he also admitted cultivating cannabis. 

 

The court was told the Diazepam had been forensically tested - it had a street value of £2450. 

 

Social enquiry reports have been requested before he's sentenced on July 12th - he's been bailed in the meantime. 

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