# Man avoids jail over £14,000 drugs as stolen lamb is found in car

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/spared-jail-man-caught-in-car-with-14k-drugs-and-a-lamb-called-pablo-eating-chips/
- Published: 2026-11-02T20:08:20+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16259657/Spared-jail-man-caught-car-14k-drugs-lamb-called-Pablo-eating-chips.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Health, Medicine, World

## Key points

- McNeil avoided jail for drug supply offences.
- He was ordered to complete 300 hours of unpaid work.
- Lamb Pablo was returned to its owner.

## Summary

John McNeil, 56, avoided prison after being convicted of possessing heroin and cocaine with intent to supply, following a police stop on the M74 in Glasgow. The case also drew attention for the lamb, Pablo, found in the car eating chips; the court heard its owner had not given permission for it to be taken.

McNeil was a passenger in Lindsey Sangster’s Volkswagen Golf when police stopped it on 22 April 2023. A police dog found drugs beneath the front passenger seat, valued at £14,000; McNeil and Sangster denied knowing they were there and were found guilty in September. McNeil was ordered to complete 300 hours of unpaid work and wear an electronic tag for six months, while a warrant was issued for Sangster after she failed to attend sentencing. Pablo has been returned to farmer Kirsty Mair and is said to be well.

## Coverage

- [Daily Mail: Man avoids jail over £14,000 drugs as stolen lamb is found in car](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16259657/Spared-jail-man-caught-car-14k-drugs-lamb-called-Pablo-eating-chips.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)
- [Daily Mail: Man caught in car with £14,000 of cocaine and heroin as a lamb named Pablo ate chips on the back seat avoids jail](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16259473/Man-caught-car-14-000-cocaine-heroin-lamb-named-Pablo-ate-chips-seat-avoids-jail.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)

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