Kirsteen Maclean was spotted putting stolen drugs in a plastic bag while colleagues were locking up the Elgin store.
A pharmacy worker has been sacked after she was caught stealing opioids valued at less than £6.
Kirsteen Maclean was nabbed after a colleague saw her putting the drugs into a plastic bag as workers at Boots’ Elgin branch were locking up for the night.
The 33-year-old was witnessed scrunching up a carrier bag in her hand as the store was closing.
The thief then claimed she needed to nip back inside to get ‘documents and notebooks’.
However, CCTV captured her stealing a box of dihydrocodeine from a drug dispensary and hiding them in the bag, reports the Press and Journal.
It later emerged the drugs were worth just £5.75.
Maclean, who was suspended after Boots bosses reviewed the footage, admitted the theft at Elgin Sheriff Court and blamed a “dependency” on prescription drugs.
Defence solicitor Megan Lee told the court her client had “lost her career and reputation” and was “deeply ashamed” of her actions after spending years studying for a career in the field.
Sheriff Pasportnikov said Maclean had thrown years of work “out the window” for her drug addiction.
She is due to be sentenced next month.
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