Herefordshire woman’s class A drugs to be destroyed

Carrie Mccleod-Finch, 38, was caught with 0.18 grams of cocaine and 0.89 grams of heroin on February 14.

She was also found to have been in charge of a motor vehicle with a proportion of benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, in her system that was over the legal driving limit.

When she appeared before Hereford Magistrates’ Court last month, she pleaded guilty to one count of possessing cocaine, one count of possessing heroin and one count of being in charge of a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit.

According to court documents, Mccleod-Finch had greater than 800 micrograms (mg) of benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, per litre of blood. The limit is 50 mg.

She was not accused of driving under the influence, but was said to have been “in charge of a vehicle”.

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Mccleod-Finch, of Westhope Hill, was handed a one-year community order with up to 15 days of rehabilitation activity days per offence.

She was also fined £50 and disqualified from driving for 12 months.

Mccleod-Finch must also pay prosecution costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £114.