News / Liverpool woman held on drugs charge
A FORTY seven year old woman from Liverpool was remanded in custody at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Monday after she was found in possession of what police suspect to be heroin worth almost £8,000.
Lila Bernadette Cartwright, of 21 Brownings Road, Birkenhead, made no plea or declaration when she appeared from custody in private facing drugs charges and the case was continued until next week.
Cartwright was arrested on Thursday when police stopped the taxi she had hired at Sumburgh airport when it reached Gulberwick on the main A970 road to Lerwick following a tip off.
A spokesman said: “The police would like to take this opportunity to thank the public for their continued support and information in disrupting the misuse and distribution of drugs in Shetland.”
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