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A young drug addict has been found guilty of possessing heroin with intent to supply after police discovered he was concealing 28 packages of the drug- in his anus.

The 16-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested in March this year after police pulled over the car he was in with 46-year-old Alexander Mills, and noticed him acting uncomfortably.

During a two day trial at Guildford Crown Court, Mills denied knowing that the boy had 28 packages of heroin inside his anus.

He was found guilty on Thursday.

Lee Harris, prosecuting, said: "At around 11.30am on March 4, police spotted Mills driving in a blue Nissan Almera car with a passenger who was sitting in the back seat behind the driver.

"The car was then stopped in Claygate.

"Both these men gave different explanations of what they were doing when questioned by the police, with the passenger seeming uncomfortable."

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He added: "In short, it turns out that the passenger was secreting drugs in his anus in small packages containing 2.694 grams of diamorphine, known as heroin.

"Those were then passed by him in the police station where they were cleaned and checked by the police."

Mills, who admitted being addicted to heroin and crack cocaine for 16 years, claimed in court that he had been flagged down by the unnamed man.

He told the court: "He said to me if I gave him a lift to Claygate he could in fact give me what I wanted and that was drugs."

Mills also denied knowing the boy had drugs in his possession, telling the court that he knew the boy but had met him only twice.

The pair will return to Guilford Crown Court on September 25 to be sentenced.