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Drugs mule caught with £14k of coke and heroin at Edinburgh Waverley station

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A drug mule caught with a £14,000 haul of cocaine and heroin at a Scots train station told cops: “I don’t want to go to jail”.

Tia Tyndale had just arrived at Edinburgh Waverley when police swooped to arrest her following a tip-off. The 23-year-old brought a consignment of drugs in a bag from Birmingham to help pay off rent arrears, a court was told.

Tyndale appeared at the city’s sheriff court on Tuesday and admitted being concerned in the supply of heroin and cocaine on March 10 last year.

Fiscal depute Jack Castor said two detectives were in the capital’s Fettes police station when they received information that Tyndale was travelling north.Mr Castor said the cops staked out the rail station and saw Tyndale walk out its entrance onto Market Street at 4.15pm.He said: “She appeared to officers to be confused and unsure where she was.“They approached her and the accused panicked and stated, “I don’t want to go to jail”.”The prosecutor said Tyndale was searched and officers checked a black tote bag.The court heard Tyndale told them: “I’ve brought something up in my bag.

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