Jnkie Donovan Tillmuth gave police quite a shock when they searched him.

They discovered two plastic packets of heroin and cocaine between his buttocks, a court heard.

The startled officers also found drugs concealed in other parts of Tillmuth's anatomy, said Christopher Kerr, prosecuting.

Mr Kerr said the police became suspicious about the 32-year-old Rastafarian when he was found with scales sitting in his Ford Mondeo outside his home in Surbiton Road, Southend.

When questioned about the drugs, Tillmuth said he bought them for £160 and needed them for personal use.

The defendant, who admitted two charges of possession, has a previous conviction for having cannabis, and was on licence from prison for robbery and theft.

Tillmuth was jailed at Basildon Crown Court for a total of nine months, including three months recall for the earlier sentence.

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