A dealer who was caught cycling through Leeds city centre with Spice in a rucksack has avoided jail.
Lee Myers was caught with four bags of the drug after police tried to stop him as he cycled down Commercial Street at around 12.30pm on December 12 last year.
Leeds Crown Court heard he had to be chased before being arrested.
Jonathan Sharp, prosecuting, said it appeared that Myers had been on his way to delivering the Spice at the junction with Briggate.
Two mobile phones and £61.70 in cash were also seized when he was arrested.
Twelve further bags of the drug and scales were found when his home in Appleton Close in Burmantofts, Leeds, was searched.
The minimum total street value of the drugs was £925.
Myers told police the drugs were all for his personal use.
The 30-year-old later pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply synthetic cannabinoids on the basis that the he made an agreement with another person to store the drugs in his home.
Probation officer Mike Cooper said Myers has a long history of cannabis use and is unemployed.
Martin Morrow, mitigating, said his client had hoped storing the drugs in his home would help him pay off a debt but the offence was totally out of character.
Myers was handed a 12-month community order and ordered to complete 160 hours of unpaid work.
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