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Great-gran caught with drugs in her bra told police she had ‘found them’
11.02.2022 - 01:51 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A great grandmother claimed to have ‘discovered’ a haul of drugs stashed in her bra after being searched by police.
Lily Gordon, lifted up her jumper and removed the small packaged when cops questioned whether or not she was hiding anything from them, according to evidence given in court.
She then turned to the officers with the drugs and said: “I know you won’t believe me but I found them”.
The 65-year-old was initially caught by the police in 2018 trying to bury a package in a plant pot in the rear garden of her home.
Officers asked her what she was ‘hiding’ to which she replied: “Something I found over there”.
Police then found three silver wrapped cannabis resin bars, in her Salford garden, according to Manchester Evening News.
Three years on from the seizure due to various delays in the case, Gordon, of Salford, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cannabis and possession of diamorphine, Manchester Crown Court heard.
Prosecutor Eleanor Gleeson said that there had been ‘inordinate’ delays in the case before it made its way to court.
“The offences were committed in December 2018, the drugs were sent off for analysis and didn’t come back until April 2019 to confirm they were diamorphine and cannabis,” she said.
“There was a further delay until October 2019 which was chased by the CPS (Crown Prosecution Service) and found that simply GMP did not send what was required of them to authorise the charge properly.”
She said the delay continued due to the police not providing the correct evidence, and so due to inactivity the case was put to one side.
GMP later sent the relevant evidence in September 2020 and over a year later in October 2021, the case was reopened.
It later became apparent that part of the delay
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