Police arrested Monica Francis Clarke when a car in which she was a passenger was pulled over for a routine check in the suburb on July 8.

The black Proton was not owned by either Clarke or the woman driving and police immediately became suspicious.

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During a search of the car, which was stopped in Tulla Street about 4.30pm, police found cash totalling $6490 in a black bag owned by Clarke.

They also found 269 grams of cannabis in the boot, a clear plastic resealable bag containing 4.5 grams of methamphetamine under Clarke's seat and in her possession, folded aluminium foil in which there was less than one gram of "ice".

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But Clarke was not charged over the cash - which police suspected was the proceeds of crime and that the 48-year-old claimed was winnings from playing the pokies, plus a loan from her daughter to get a new home - or the cannabis and the larger quantity of methamphetamine.

She pleaded guilty in Albury Local Court on Monday to possess a prohibited drug in connection with the "ice" in the foil and to possess or use a prohibited weapon without a permit.

That was for a "contacted electrical weapon" disguised as a torch.

One of the officers activated the weapon, which immediately emitted a large spark out the front of the "torch".

Magistrate Sally McLaughlin convicted and fined Clarke $320 on the drug charge and for possessing the weapon, convicted and placed her on a five-month conditional release order.

Ms McLaughlin ordered that Clarke be supervised, in order to tackle her "ongoing drug abuse issues".

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