A drug user was found with heroin hidden inside a Kinder Egg sown into his boxer shorts.

David Osbaldeston, of Commercial Street, Rishton, was spotted by police acting ‘suspiciously’ in Accrington town centre with other drug users, a court heard.

Burnley Crown Court heard how when he was arrested they found heroin inside the plastic toy hidden down his boxers.

Osbaldeston pleaded guilty to possessing heroin and being concerned in the supply of cannabis. The 21-year-old, who has 25 previous convictions for 72 offences, was jailed for 44 weeks.

Stephen Parker, prosecuting, told the court how a police officer was on duty in Accrington at around 11.10am on September 15 last year and noticed two men and a woman on a street corner ‘who he believed to be drug users’ and ‘carried out observations’.

Osbaldeston then approached them and they ‘all went off round the corner’ before emerging a short time later.

The court heard how the officer called for back-up to stop Osbaldeston driving away.

When he was later searched at the police station they found eight £10 bags of heroin hidden inside the Kinder Egg stuffed down his boxers.

Officers also found a mobile phone in the car with ‘a number of text messages’ over a three-day period in September relating to cannabis.

Mr Parker told the court one message asked Osbaldeston to ‘return the cannabis grinder’ while another asked him to take a ‘10 bag’ to a woman’s house.

There were also other references to ‘smoking or getting a joint’.

Mark Stuart, defending, said Osbaldeston has been a user of both class A and B drugs ‘for a period of time’ but is now ‘drug free’ after his time in custody.

He said: “He wasn’t in receipt of a large amount of income and he supplied some cannabis over a three-day period.

“It’s obvious that it wasn’t of any large consequence as he was only talking about £10 bags.

“He always admitted in interview the possession of heroin was for his own use and not for supply.

“He is someone with a poor record but it is the first time he is involved in supplying drugs.”