A 27-year-old woman has been charged after a 1kg bag of suspected cannabis was found in a car by police.

On Tuesday, June 18, officers stopped a car near Woolpit, near Bury St Edmunds, and undertook a search of the vehicle. 

Police then found a 1kg bag of what was suspected to be cannabis in the car.

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Elle Nutkins, of Old Stowmarket Road, Woolpit, was then taken to Bury St Edmunds police station.

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She was subsequently charged with possession with intent to supply a Class B drug.

Nutkins has been bailed and will appear before Suffolk Magistrates’ Court in Ipswich on August 6.