WHEN Steven Bird walked past police officers in the City Heart at 4.30 in the morning he told them: “You're going to want to search me.”

The police asked him: “Why?”

And he replied: “Because of what I've got.”

Details of Bird's unusual conversation were revealed in the Mackay Magistrate's Court on Wednesday when he pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of eight LSD tabs.

The court heard that LSD, which Bird, a 22-year-old forklift driver, referred to as “acid”, was not common in Mackay.

The tabs had sunflowers on them.

Duty lawyer John Aberdeen, of Legal Aid Queensland, said the drug was for Bird's personal use and he purchased them because they were cheaper to buy that way.

Bird was fined $500.