They suspected the occupants of the car heading along Bogong Street in Thurgoona were involved in drug-dealing.

But it was Heather’s nervousness that gave them a fairly good indication something was up.

It proved to be a well-founded suspicion.

A later examination of the 29-year-old’s mobile phone revealed that more than 1440 text messages were sent between April 27 and May 6 this year.

And these included “numerous” offers to supply methamphetmine.

The deals were for a range of weights, starting from a gram, or a “point”, to at least 13 contacts.

Heather’s drug-dealing came to light in Albury Local Court this week, when he pleaded guilty to his crimes via a video link to Junee jail.

He was initially facing 28 charges over the police facts put before the court.

These were largely for supplying a prohibited drug, including five of a strictly indictable quantity.

But all these charges were withdrawn by Director of Public Prosecutions representative Andrew Hanshaw and replaced with a single, amended count of supply an indictable quantity of a prohibited drug.

That was for the supply of 10 grams of methamphetamine.

Magistrate Tony Murray was told that detectives stopped the car in Thurgoona on May 6.

Some of those in the car were also known as a result of drug-related police surveillance.

They searched Heather, who became nervous “as his hands were shaking” and he spoke “with a nervous tone in his voice”.

The Thurgoona man did not have any drugs on him.

After the drug supply texts were found on his phone, Heather admitted to police that he “helped out a couple of mates” in the past in relation to supplying cannabis.

Defence solicitor Graham Lamond said Heather had previously pleaded guilty to a separate group of drug matters.

Mr Murray further remanded Heather in custody to be sentenced in the District Court in Albury on January 18.