Great-gran, 65, caught with drugs in her BRA told officer she had 'found them'

A great gran was found with drugs stashed away in her BRA during a police search.

Lily Gordon, 65, lifted up her top and removed the packages when officers questioned whether she was hiding anything, a court heard.

She then said: "I know you won’t believe me but I found them”.

Manchester Crown Court heard police visited the home in Salford in 2018.

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They initially caught Gordon trying to bury a package in a plant pot in the back garden.

They asked her what she was 'hiding' to which she replied: “Something I found over there”.

Officers then found three silver wrapped cannabis resin bars, the court heard.

Three years on from the seizure due to various delays in the case, Gordon, of Salford, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cannabis and possession of diamorphine.

Prosecutor Eleanor Gleeson said that there had been ‘inordinate’ delays in the case before it made its way to court.

“The offences were committed in December 2018, the drugs were sent off for analysis and didn’t come back until April 2019 to confirm they were diamorphine and cannabis,” she said.

“There was a further delay until October 2019 which was chased by the CPS (Crown Prosecution Service) and found that simply GMP did not send what was required of them to authorise the charge properly.”

She said the delay continued due to the police not providing the correct evidence, and so due to inactivity the case was put to one side.

GMP later sent the relevant evidence in September 2020 and over a year later in October 2021, the case was reopened.

It later became apparent that part of the delay was due to the officer in the case being on maternity leave.

Ms Gleeson