A woman was arrested in France early on Tuesday morning after she asked a police officer to test the quality of some of her cocaine.

The woman, who has not been named, is understood to have deliberately entered the police station with the drugs to check whether the Class A drug was pure.

She placed three whole bags of cocaine on the counter and asked the astonished officers to take a look.

A police source said the woman went to the main police station and placed the bags - two containing cocaine powder and one crack cocaine - on the counter

The baffling decision led the surprised woman to be taken into custody on the spot.

The incident took place in the southwestern city of Toulouse and the 45-year-old woman is believed to be a known to police as a past drug user.

A police source said the woman went to the main police station and placed the bags - two containing cocaine powder and one crack cocaine - on the counter.

Asked why she did so, the woman replied: 'so that officers at reception could test it'.

The woman, who has not been named, is understood to have deliberately entered the police station with the drugs to check whether the Class A drug was pure

The incident took place in the southwestern city of Toulouse and the 45-year-old woman is believed to be a known to police as a past drug user

She said 'she wanted to know if it was good quality as she didn't want people to die of an overdose.'

The woman was taken into custody and a court ordered her to attend a hearing in January.

Drug use is prohibited in France and punishable by up to one year imprisonment and a fine of almost £3000 pounds (€3,750).