An Angus woman who helped drug traffickers after her benefits were cut was jailed for three and a half years.
A judge told Lorraine Jellye from Arbroath he had to send out a warning to anyone else tempted to bow to pressure from dealers.
A police raid on her home in Smithy Croft uncovered almost a kilo of heroin with an estimated street value of £95,430.
When questioned, Jellye admitted she was responsible for the package, hidden in a red box.
Defence advocate Joe Cahill told the High Court in Edinburgh that Jellye, 52, had been struggling with heroin addiction for years.
She lost her benefits but her supplier continued to give her the drug she needed then asked her to store the heroin.
“Of course there is no such thing as a free lunch,” said the lawyer. “She does bitterly regret her action born out of desperation.”
Judge Lord Glennie told the first offender he accepted her involvement was “passive” but said drug distribution would be more difficult without people like her.
Jellye went to trial along with Denise Crone, 53, who was living at the same address but the trial was halted when Crone’s not guilty plea was accepted and Jellye admitted a charge of being concerned in the supply of heroin.