A MAN failed to appear at court after being charged with three offences of possession of the synthetic drug 'Mamba', sometimes dubbed ‘the zombie drug’.

Mark Milward (also spelled on court records as Millward) did not appear at Worcester Magistrates Court on Wednesday where he faces a string of charges.

The 46-year-old faces three charges of possessing the class B drug Mamba, an artificial cannabinoid, in Worcester on June 1, June 5 and August 2 last year.

Milward of McIntyre Road, St John’s, Worcester, also faces a charge of theft of a £300 pedal cycle on February 24 this year and of obstructing/resisting a constable in the execution of his duties on August 2 last year.

Magistrates issued a warrant for his arrest.