A SINGLE mum from Darwen has been told to prepare herself for a stretch behind bars after being caught trying to smuggle drugs into a prison.

Preston Crown Court heard Danielle Stewart was caught with cocaine, cannabis resin and amphetamines during a visit to HMP Haverigg.

The 28-year-old of Olive Lane pleaded guilty to three counts of possession of drugs with intent to supply when she appeared in the dock.

The court heard the mum placed the Class A and B drugs in a locker at the prison near Millom, Cumbria.

The prosecutor said Stewart’s partner was serving a sentence at the jail when she committed the offence on August 20 last year.

Stewart was handed the drugs by someone she has not named and told to take them to HMP Haverigg during a visit, the court was told.

However, the prosecution said she did not take the banned substances into the visiting area and instead placed them in the locker, where they were discovered by a member of prison staff.

Stewart was arrested and admitted possessing the class A and B drugs.

She will be sentenced at Preston Crown Court on June 28.

Recorder Mark Laprell ordered a pre-sentence report, telling Stewart she must make arrangements for a prison sentence.

He said: “That is for your benefit and to assist the judge who sentences you.

“The fact I have ordered a report should not lead you to assume that the court is considering any particular outcome.

“The likelihood is it will be custodial.

“You would be well advised to make arrangements with that understanding.”

The judge granted Stewart bail on the condition she lives and sleeps at her home in Darwen and does not enter HMP Haverigg until she returns to court next month.