Kelly Louise Peirce, 35, pleaded guilty to 19 charges in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Friday

When police saw a Gladstone woman parked outside a known drug dealer’s house, they decided to search her car. Read what police found here:

A woman who was intercepted by police after being seen outside a known drug dealer’s house landed herself in hot water after they searched her car, a court heard.

Kelly Louise Peirce, 35, pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Friday to 19 charges including possessing dangerous drugs and obstruct police officer.

Police prosecutor Merrilyn Hoskins told the court that during one of Peirce’s offences, she was intercepted by police driving on Mount Larcom Bracewell Road on June 12, around 4.15pm.

“Police, who had observed the defendant’s car parked outside a known drug dealer’s house an hour earlier and intercepted her leaving another known drug user’s address, asked the defendant about her movements that day,” Ms Hoskins said.

Kelly Louise Peirce, 35, pleaded guilty to 19 charges in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Friday.

“The defendant provided a version of events which were inconsistent with these observations and she appeared highly nervous when speaking with police.”

A police search of Peirce’s car was conducted which uncovered 0.2 grams of methamphetamine, a glass test tube with white residue and burn marks and a set of nunchucks in the boot of her car.

Peirce claimed all the items as her own and stated she knew they were in her vehicle, she was issued a notice to appear in Gladstone Magistrates Court.

Magistrate Bevan Manthey convicted and sentenced Peirce to 9 months imprisonment with an immediate parole release date given she had served 29 days pre-sentence custody. Convictions were recorded.