Lamb found in car with '£10,000 worth of heroin and cocaine' after police stop

24 April 2023 , 21:33

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Cops were stunned to find a lamb in a car found to be transporting heroin and cocaine (Image: Police Scotland / SWNS)

Stunned police officers found a little lamb in a car filled with cocaine and heroin said to be worth £10,000.

Officers did a double take after stopping a vehicle on a motorway near Glasgow only to find the haul alongside the farmland animal.

A stash of heroin with an estimated street value of £7,000 was discovered in the vehicle after cops pulled it over on the M74 on Monday.

Along with some help from police dog Billy, officers also found £3,000 of cocaine in the search, with three people since arrested for drugs offences.

Bemused officers seized the lamb and investigations are now underway to find out what the innocent creature was doing on the backseat.

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Police dog Billy helped recover £10k worth of Class A drugs in the vehicle (Police Scotland)

Police Scotland said the animal was now in the care of a local farmer.

A spokesperson for the force said: "Two men, aged 52 and 53, and one woman, aged 38, were arrested and charged with drugs offences.

"They have been reported to the Procurator Fiscal."

Road Policing Scotland also posted about the incident on social media, saying: "Oh ewe! Officers from #GlasgowRP stopped this vehicle (not a Lamborghini!) on the #M74 J3 NB yesterday.

"In addition to this wee fella roughly £10k in Class A drugs were recovered with assistance from @PSOSDogs. Driver further arrested for failing the roadside swap for cocaine.

"The lamb has been taken in by a local farmer and enquiries are continuing to establish how the lamb ended up in the car. #PDBilly was instrumental in finding the drugs in this car."

Susie Beever