India, Nov. 3 -- A 56-year-old Scottish man who was found in a car carrying more than £14,000 worth of cocaine and heroin, while a lamb ate a bag of chips in the back seat, has avoided a prison sentence.

John McNeil was travelling as a passenger in a Volkswagen Golf driven by Lindsey Sangster when police stopped the vehicle on the M74 in Glasgow on April 22, 2023.

A police dog later discovered two bags containing cocaine and heroin hidden underneath the front passenger seat. The drugs were valued at £4,640 and £10,050, respectively.

Officers also found a lamb, named Pablo, sitting in the back seat and eating from a bag of chips.

During the police search, Sergeant Nick Twigg asked Sangster where the lamb had come from. A...