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A woman stashed a bag filled with illicit drugs behind her garden shed, only for her own mum to alert the police. Megan Brown, who was 22 at the time, was arrested in February last year when officers arrived at the family home in Llanharan, Rhondda Cynon Taf.

Prosecutor Aliyah Hussain said that the mother had phoned the police to report that Brown had "come home with drugs". However, when the police arrived at the Duffryn Crescent property, the mother declined to reveal where the substances were stored, as heard by Cardiff Crown Court .

"After some discussion she led them to the rear garden and retrieved a clear plastic bag from behind the garden shed. Inside the bag was a quantity of drugs. The defendant was arrested and her bedroom searched."

The police confiscated 14

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