A WOMAN has been reported to the Procurator Fiscal over the alleged possession of drugs in Barrhead...more than eight months after the offence is said to have been committed.

Police had initially detained the 31-year-old in connection with a shoplifting offence on April 8, but it is said a subsequent search discovered she had illegal pills.

Officers have now submitted the case to the Procurator Fiscal after analysis of the drugs showed they were Etizolam.

Police said tests took so long as the amount of drugs was small.