POLICE found two knives and a Stanley knife blade inside a Vale man’s boxer shorts when they carried out a search on him, a court has been told.

Andrew Devenney, 21, faces jail after he pleaded guilty to being in possession of the items.

A hearing at Dumbarton Sheriff Court last week was told that police had seen Devenney unsteady on his feet while they were out on uniform mobile patrol at around 8.30pm on January 15.

They turned their vehicle around in Park Road, Dalmuir to check on Devenney’s welfare and they could tell he was intoxicated.

They also detected the smell of cannabis.

Devenney, the court was told, kept his hands in his pockets, so police detained him for a search, asking him if he had anything sharp.

He said ‘no’, but kept his hands where they were.

And the court was told that when police took hold of his forearms to pull his hands out of his pockets, and found two knives in his boxer shorts and a Stanley knife blade.

When he was arrested, he first said his name was Ross Hall, but didn’t give an address or date of birth.

Then he said he was Cameron Burns from Drumchapel.

Devenney was later released, and then police determined his true identity and that he was a resident of Heather Avenue in Alexandria.

The court heard that in a separate incident in Union Street, Glasgow, the next day, Devenney was stopped by police and was seen fidgeting with his groin area.

Officers told him he was going to be searched and handcuffed him.

This time they found a pair of nail scissors in the right groin area.

The spring had been removed and it appeared to have been adapted as a weapon.

Devenney claimed he had just bought the scissors, but they were clearly not new, the court was told.

Devenney, who was listed in court papers as a detainee at the Polmont young offenders’ institution, pleaded guilty on April 14 to four separate charges of possession of weapons and one of giving false details.

He was also on bail at the time, having been released from court, subject to bail conditions, just 10 days before the incident, and was on an undertaking to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court later that month.

Sheriff Maxwell Hendry said custody was the “only option” and that he was troubled by the number of knives.

Defence solicitor Phil Lafferty said: “He understands exactly what the court will be doing.”

Sentence was deferred for reports which will consider whether Devenney should be placed on a supervised release order or an extended sentence when he finishes his time behind bars.

Devenney will be sentenced on May 11.