Telford man, 54, found guilty over heroin hidden in toy egg
A Telford man has been found guilty of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply after he was caught by police with 22 wraps of heroin hidden inside a Kinder egg.
Michael Moss was found guilty by a jury of seven women and five men at Shrewsbury Crown Court yesterday following a two-day trial.
During the trial the 54-year-old maintained the drugs were for his own personal use.
The court heard that the wraps of heroin were found inside a yellow plastic container of the kind that holds the toy inside a Kinder Surprise chocolate treat.
Police made the discovery after Moss was pulled over by police in Telford on the morning of March 4 and arrested on suspicion of driving while disqualified and having no insurance.
At the police station, he was found with the drugs, £140.02 and two mobile phones on him.
Moss, of Prince Charles Crescent, Telford, denied being a drug dealer but had accepted being a heroin addict for as long as he could remember.
He said he was now on methadone, a substitute drug used in the treatment of heroin addiction.
After the jury delivered its verdict, the case was adjourned and Moss is due to be sentenced in January.
