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The celebratory mood that marked the legalization of recreational cannabis lost a bit of its high for some consumers who found themselves with hefty fines for allegedly violating laws around pot use.

Hours after people lined up outside Newfoundland cannabis stores to buy the first legal bud in Canada, police in St. John’s, N.L., say they ticketed a man accused of having more than 30 grams of weed in a public place without a licence.

Police arrested the 41-year-old man following reports that he assaulted a woman. But they say at the time of the arrest they discovered he “had a quantity of cannabis” and was issued a summary offence ticket.

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Halifax district RCMP said they issued a $295 fine after officers spotted an open bag of government-supplied cannabis within the driver’s reach after he was pulled over for having expired plates at 2:30 a.m. Thursday in Dartmouth.

“It was right in the centre console,” said Cpl. Dal Hutchinson.