A Fife mum tried to hide a Kinder egg containing heroin up her dress as she was stopped by police in the driver’s seat of a car.
Samantha Morrison was seen by officers “frantically” trying to pull up the dress before attempting to conceal the object between her legs.
The panicking 31-year-old then tried to throw the orange toy out of the vehicle but it bounced off the roof and back inside.
Police carried out a search and found about 14g of heroin inside the Kinder egg.
Morrison previously admitted being concerned in the supply of the class A drug to another or others and intentionally obstructing police officers from carrying out a search by attempting to conceal it.
She appeared at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court this week for sentencing.
Kinder egg seized
Procurator fiscal depute Amy Robertson told the court Morrison, of Rothesay Path in Glenrothes, was driving a Renault Megane and stopped in a car park by the town’s Alexander Road on June 2 2020.
A police officer approached while Morrison had an orange Kinder egg in her hand.
Ms Robertson said: “She was frantically trying to pull up her dress.
“Officers then detained the accused under the Misuse of Drugs Act for… a search.
“The accused continued to try and lift up her dress and tried to conceal the Kinder egg between her legs.
“One of the officers placed a handcuff on her right arm but she began to pull away from the officer and turn her body away.”
Ms Robertson said Morrison then attempted to throw the Kinder egg out of the vehicle but it “bounced off the roof” and landed in the car, where it was seen by one of the officers.
The Kinder egg was seized and police found a bag inside it containing 14.2g of heroin.
No monetary value for this was provided in court.
Two other bags containing very small amounts of white powder were found in the car.
Ms Robertson said one of the bags tested positive for crack cocaine.
The fiscal depute said officers also seized a phone belonging to another person in the vehicle, which contained references to requests for drugs.
‘Isolated incident’
Defence lawyer Katie Stewart said Morrison accepted her behaviour during “very much an isolated incident”.
The solicitor said her client, who had been using drugs around the time of the offence, has since made efforts to combat get clean and has engaged with victim services.
She said the loss of a close family member shortly before the offence was a catalyst for her drug misuse.
Ms Stewart said Morrison previously had her own cleaning business and wants to get back to this.
Sheriff Alison McKay said: “Class A drugs are one of the big issues in court as so many people get themselves into a mess.
“I cannot gloss over this.”
Sheriff McKay sentenced Morrison to an offender supervision order for 12 months as part of a community payback order, as a direct alternative to custody.
A review of this order will take place on January 30 next year.
