Police who nabbed a man buying vodka for an underage boy found heroin in his sock when they searched him back at the station.
Neil MacGregor, of 6 Kiel Gardens, Benderloch, pleaded guilty to buying the alcohol for a child and to having a class A drug.
Oban SherifiPatrick Hughes deferred sentencing MacGregor until March 27 to wait for criminal justice and social work reports to be prepared, as well as a restriction of liberty assessment to be carried out.