FARMER FINED �1,200 FOR POSSESSING BANNED SUBSTANCE | Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service: An Argyll farmer was today fined for possessing the banned substance carbofuran.
Tom McKellar, 50, from Bridge of Orchy, Argyll, pled guilty on 18 April at Oban Sheriff Court. Today he was fined £1,200 for the offence.
Carbofuran is a highly toxic pesticide and a single grain the size of a poppy seed can kill a bird. A quarter of a teaspoonful can be fatal to humans.
Following a search of his property by police on 17 June 2009, McKellar was found to have quantities of Carbofuran in three separate containers and traces of it within a syringe. When interviewed by police, he indicated that he had, in the past, placed it on meat for foxes to eat.
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