A TEENAGER found with a knuckle duster and a quantity of cocaine has been handed a community order.
Robbie Arnold, of no fixed address, admitted carrying the weapon on Findlay Street in Leigh on January 26 and being in possession of the class A drug on the same date.
The 19-year-old has been ordered to complete a rehabilitation order requirement up to a maximum of 10 days and carry out 100 hours of unpaid work in the next year.
He has been told to pay a victim services surcharge fee of £85 and court costs of £85.
Arnold was sentenced at Wigan and Leigh Magistrates' Court yesterday, Wednesday.
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