A MAN has been fined after he was caught with speed and cannabis in Salisbury.

Przemyslaw Domalski, who lives on Westwood Road in the city, was found to be in the possession of 5.8 grams of amphetamine and an unspecified amount of cannabis on June 1.

Both substances are class B drugs. Amphetamine is more commonly known as speed but is also referred to as Billy, paste or whizz, according to drug education service FRANK.

Domalski, 34, indicated a guilty plea to both offences at Southampton (West Hampshire) Magistrates' Court last week.

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He was fined £366 and was ordered to pay a £146 surcharge to fund victim services and £85 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service.

He has until December 22 to pay his £597 court bill.

The drugs were seized when Domalski was arrested and will be destroyed.

How are drugs classified in the UK?

Controlled drugs are classed “according to their relative degree of overall harm from misuse”, according to the Sentencing Council.

There are three drug classes, which affect the severity of the offence handed to anyone caught possessing, supplying or producing them.

Class A drugs are treated as the most dangerous and include cocaine, ecstasy, heroin and crystal meth.

Class B drugs include codeine, ketamine and cannabis, and class C drugs include anabolic steroids, minor tranquilisers and khat.