A TRUCK driver busted for possessing drugs during a major police operation has avoided a conviction.Colin William Sneddon was initially charged with trafficking, possessing and using amphetamines after the raid on March 13 last year, however police yesterday withdrew the trafficking charge.The 41-year-old interstate truck driver pleaded guilty in Ballarat Magistrates Court to possessing and using amphetamines.Magistrate Peter Couzens found that it was more probable Sneddon used the drugs for personal use rather than for trafficking.The court was told that as part of Operation Remex, police found about six grams of white powder worth about $600, two sets of scales, a cutting agent, straws and plastic bags at Sneddon's home.Police prosecutor Leading Senior Constable Damon Saunders said Sneddon admitted to using the drugs to wake himself up for work.He said Sneddon told police he would sometimes share a line of amphetamines.Defence barrister Erin Ramsay said the trafficking charge was always in dispute, but her client admitted in the record of interview to possessing and using the drugs.She urged the court to consider a financial penalty without conviction because Sneddon had a clean criminal record and it was his first time in court.Sneddon, of Warrenheip, was fined $1000 without conviction.Mr Couzens told Sneddon he was entitled to avoid a conviction on a serious charge because of his guilty plea, no prior convictions and age.