 Pusey was caught with crack cocaine and heroin in Aberdeen |
A woman caught with drugs worth �75,000 claimed she was visiting Aberdeen to do hairdressing, a court has heard. Timeko Pusey, 26, was stopped by drugs squad officers after she got off the London sleeper train at the city's railway station.
The Jamaican mother-of-two was found to have crack cocaine and heroin.
Pusey admitted being concerned in the supply of drug when she appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh. Sentence was deferred for reports.
The court heard that the immigration service believed that she was an overstayer who was living illegally in the Wembley area of London.
'One option'
Advocate depute Alan Mackay said Grampian Police drugs squad detained Pusey after receiving information.
The advocate depute said: "She was interviewed under caution. She said she was in Aberdeen to do hairdressing for friends."
She said that apart from getting a train ticket for the journey north she was not receiving payment.
Defence counsel Susan Burns said that as Pusey was a first offender a background report would be required.
She told the judge, Lady Dorrian: "She is aware that in the circumstances there is really only one option for Your Ladyship."
The judge deferred sentence on Pusey, who is being held in Cornton Vale women's prison, to obtain a background report.
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