18-year-old Jamie Scott hid the class A drugs to evade a police search.

internal examination of a man detained in a Hampshire pub found he was hiding £720 worth of heroin.

Winchester Crown Court heard how 18-year-old Jamie Scott hid the class A drugs to evade a police search.

The haul was discovered after officers followed a van on February 24 being driven by a known Winchester drug dealer from London.

When it pulled into the Cart and Horses car park, in Kings Worthy, Winchester, the occupants were followed into the pub toilet, prosecutor Michael Scott said.

Inside they found Scott and noticed he was “wearing a lot of underwear”. In fact he was wearing two pairs of trousers, swimming trunks and boxer shorts.

An initial search found nothing, but 36 deals of heroin, totalling 7.6 grams were found internally.

When interviewed he told police a pal in the van told him to stash the drugs after realising they were being tailed.

Scott, of Bushnell Road, South London, admitted possessing a class A drug with intent to supply.

But Judge Keith Cutler imposed a community order of 12 months, requiring Scott to be electronically tagged with a 9pm to 6am curfew.