A detective said at Old Street, London, yesterday that he understood that in certain cafes in the area ╥purple heart╙ tablets ╤ a stimulant drug ╤ were eaten like sweets.
Carmelo Brincat (22), counter hand, of Cross Street, Islington, was fined ú5 on pleading guilty to possessing 90 ╥purple heart╙ tablets, suspected to be stolen or unlawfully obtained.
Detective Peter Goodall said the source of the tablets had not been traced. ╥Purple heart╙ or drinamyl tablets, were a stimulant drug and habit-forming. The medical dose should never exceed one tablet three times a day.
It was understood that Brincat had been taking the tablets, but there was no reason to suppose he was a pedlar or marketeer.
