Laura John

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A Young Swansea woman worked as a prostitute, earning £1,000 a week to fund her heroin habit.Last Friday she pleaded with the courts for help in addressing her ongoing drug problem.
Laura John was arrested at the scene of a drugs raid on January 17.
She tried to swallow a small bag of heroin but police officers forced her mouth open and retrieved the drugs.
The 22-year-old, of Ozanam Court, Portmead, appeared before city magistrates to admit possessing heroin at a house in Ffordd y Brain.
Police broke down the door of the house which had been reinforced with a scaffolding plank, prosecutor Julie Sullivan told the court.
Two men were there and John entered a little later.
Her handbag was searched and a small weighing scales recovered.
She dropped something behind her onto a chair.
That was later found to be a small bag containing heroin.
While being searched, another bag of heroin fell from beneath her jumper. She lunged past the officer, grabbed it and tried to swallow it.
She was gagging on it but would not spit it out, the court heard.
Officers struggled with her to retrieve the drugs from her mouth.
The two bags of drugs amounted to 3.5 grams with a street value of between £140 and £210.
She said she had paid £60 for the heroin and said she used the scales found in her bag to verify that deals she bought were the exact weight.
She told police she funded her heroin habit through prostitution, earning £1,000 a week.
Her solicitor, Stuart John, said: "She says she has a significant heroin addiction and is deeply concerned about it and feels it needs to be addressed."
The magistrates adjourned the matter to February 18 for the preparation of a full pre-sentence report on her.