Larne woman admits importing cannabis with an estimated street value of around £10,000.
A Larne woman has admitted importing cannabis with an estimated street value of around £10,000.
Arlene Leitch was due to contest eight drugs charges at Ballymena Magistrates Court on Monday but instead, the 54-year-old entered guilty pleas to two of the offences.
Leitch, from Regents Park in Larne, admitted importing cannabis and attempting to possess the Class B drug with intent to supply on 3 July last year.
Following her admissions, the prosecuting lawyer confirmed the remaining drugs charges including two further importation charges and four of attempted possession, were being withdrawn by the PPS.
The full facts of the case were not opened but defence counsel Michael Wilson told the court “there’s an agreed set of facts that the importation was 670 grams of cannabis and the value of that is around £10,000".
Confirming that Leitch “has nothing previous for drugs,” the barrister applied for the plea and sentence to be adjourned to allow time for the Probation Board to compile a pre-sentence report (PSR).
Adding that Leitch “suffers from a number of mobility issues”, Mr Wilson said the defence team would also be obtaining a medical report in addition to the PSR.
Freeing Leitch, District Judge Nigel Broderick adjourned the case to 15 January and told the 54-year-old that if she doesn’t hear from PBNI in the next two weeks, “it’s your job to ring probation and arrange an appointment”.