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Rory Cassidy

Woman released on bail over £250k blue plague pills bust claims

A woman has been released on bail over an alleged £250,000 Scots drugs bust.

Joanne Copland, 45, appeared in court after more than half a million ' street Valium ' tablets were said to have been seized from a house in the Foxbar area of Paisley.

She faced two charges over the alleged drug find at Paisley Sheriff Court on Friday.

Copland appeared at Paisley Sheriff Court on Friday. (Supplied)

She was charged with being in possession of white Etizolam tablets, which are more commonly found in blue and are known as blue plague pills, "with intent to supply to another or others".

Prosecutors claim she breached Section 5(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 by having the class C pills in question in her home in Foxbar Road.

And she faced a second charge of breaking Section 5(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 by being in possession of cannabis, a class B drug, at the property on the same day.

She made no plea to the two charges against her during her court hearing, where she was represented by defence solicitor Kirsty McGeehan, of law firm McGeehan and Company.

The case was continued and she was released on bail.

No future court dates have been set.

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