An Oak Flats woman caught with 13 grams of the drug "ice" during a routine traffic stop tried to pass off the haul as her own, claiming she'd been able to buy the expensive cargo after a substantial win on the pokies.
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Jermaine Lucy Piana, 31, was approached by police at Mount Warrigal late on the evening of December 12 last year after officers spotted her vehicle stopped on the side of the road.
Noticing Piana's fidgety hands and rapid breathing, police decided to search her handbag and the vehicle.
They found 4.7g of cocaine, 0.27g of heroin and 12 LSD tablets weighing 0.13g.
The 13g of ice was found in a small container in the footwell of the car.
They also discovered $800 cash in her purse and an ice pipe and digital scales in passenger side door of the car.
Court documents said Piana told police she used methamphetamine daily and made purchases in bulk. When asked how she could afford such a large amount, she claimed she's won $65,000 on the pokies.
However, police weren't buying Piana's story and charged her with drug supply offences.
She was released on conditional bail but fell back into her old ways in a matter of months.
The court heard police raided Piana's Lynne St home on March 11, discovering cocaine, methamphetamine, MDMA and unprescribed panadeine forte in her bedroom.
They also notepads in the room containing several names along with monetary values beside them listing various amounts of between $100 and $10,000.
Piana was arrested and charged with drug-related offences including supply.
She made "full and frank" admissions to owning the drugs but denied she was a supplier.
However, Piana admitted her guilt in Wollongong Local Court this week, entering pleas to charges in both matters.
Her lawyer, Matt Ward, requested a background report be prepared by Community Corrections staff ahead of her sentencing on September 1.
Piana remains in custody, bail refused.
