A man avoids jail after police find drugs worth about £14,000 in a car during an operation on the M74 near Glasgow, where a lamb eating chips was also in the vehicle. Reporting says officers discovered bags containing heroin and cocaine hidden beneath the front passenger seat after a police dog searched the car.

The story centres on John McNeil, 56, and Lindsey Sangster, who were found guilty in September of possessing heroin and diamorphine with intent to supply. Multiple outlets add that the lamb was named Pablo and that officers asked about its origin. Some reports describe a claim that it was a “trainee shepherdess,” which a court told was not supported by evidence.

Outlets agree on the overall sequence—police stop, drug discovery, court outcome—while differing mainly in emphasis. Several focus on the unusual lamb detail, while others lead with the drugs bust and the sentence outcome. One paper specifies the punishment as unpaid community work, whereas others summarise the “avoids jail” outcome more generally.