A glamorous party girl who was arrested with £350,000 of cocaine in her car has been jailed for seven years.
Ferguson had been operating as a top end drugs courier until the time of her arrest in April at a motorway service station.
Drugs officers received an anonymous tip-off in February this year that Ferguson, from Helmshore, Rossendale, Lancashire, was dealing drugs and put an undercover surveillance team on her.
Rhiannon Ferguson, pictured, was arrested by police at Charnock Richard Services on the M6 when police discovered three kilos of cocaine in her hire car on April 27
They finally arrested her two months later at Charnock Richard Services on the M6 with three kilos of cocaine in her hire car.
It is believed to be the biggest ‘in-transit’ drugs arrest in Lancashire with police estimating the haul as having a street value of £343,000.
The ‘selfie queen’ posted a number of glamorous pictures of herself on social media, some showing her made up ready to hit the town and others in designer outfits enjoying glitzy nights out with friends.
But the police mugshot taken after her arrest painted a very different picture of Ferguson. This was her second persona – the drugs dealer – wearing a black hoodie and no make-up.
Detectives said Ferguson’s actions would have brought misery to the streets of East Lancashire.
Christopher Harrison, 41, left, from Walton, Merseyside was also jailed for seven years for supplying the cocaine to Ferguson on a street on April 27
Preston Crown Court heard how she had travelled to the Walton area of Liverpool on April 27 to collect the drugs from co-defendant Christopher Harrison.
Ferguson was observed meeting Harrison in the street where he supplied her with the cocaine.
Her car was then tracked to motorway services and she was arrested in possession of the drugs.
Ferguson pleaded guilty to possession of a Class A drug with intent to supply.
Harrison, 41, of Moss Lane, Liverpool, pleaded guilty to supplying a Class A drug.
Judge Heather Lloyd jailed them each for seven years and ordered the forfeiture and destruction order for the drugs.
Speaking after the hearing, Detective Inspector Vinny De Curtis said: ‘When Ferguson was stopped she was in possession of a large quantity of cocaine supplied to her by Harrison and which would undoubtedly have brought misery to the streets of Lancashire and which have now been taken out of circulation.
‘I hope this sentence will send a message that the supply and distribution of drugs will not be tolerated in Lancashire, and we will continue to target, and deal with proportionately and robustly, those who put our communities at risk in this way.’
Anyone who suspects crime is happening in their area is asked to call police on 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111.