Michael Edward Scannell was taken to the Albury police station where he was refused bail and put into custody.

A plastic bag was found in his buttock cheeks when two officers searched him about 8.20am and he was told to remove it.

The “snap” bag contained 13.7 grams of cannabis.

Scannell, 21, of Smollett Street was charged with drug possessing and taking a small quantity of drug into a detention centre.

He appeared in Albury Local Court and pleaded guilty to the offences and two other charges relating to his failure to stop for a random breath test on April 30.

Solicitor Paul Robb said Scannell had been sentenced to three years’ jail, with a minimum of 18 months, for the armed robbery of a Lavington service station.

Mr Robb said the situation with the drugs was unusual and Scannell had more than three months remaining on his parole.

The court was told police were doing random breath testing in Wodonga Place about 2.38am on April 30.

When Scannell approached he was signalled to stop, but accelerated towards police and swerved to the wrong side of the road, going south in a northbound lane.

His car hit a traffic island and went through a roundabout the wrong way around.

It was chased to a council depot and Scannell was still in the driver’s seat.

He was arrested after giving a positive breath test, but at the police station he twice failed to provide sufficient sample for a breath analysis.

Police charged him with failing to stop for a breath test and refusing to take a breath analysis.

Magistrate Gordon Lerve imposed $600 fines for each of the drink-driving matters with a 12-month disqualification.

Scannell was fined $200 each on the other charges with an order made for the drugs to be destroyed.

He was jailed in 2008 by Judge Martin Blackmore in the District Court.