The Ballarat Magistrates’ Court on Thursday heard time on remand had given Natasha Pring insight into her offending, something her lawyer claimed she did not have before being arrested.

The court heard police found 1.8 grams of ice in Pring’s handbag, a number of deal bags, $600 in cash and a set of scales during a search of her Victoria Street address on December 28.

A diary detailing a number of drug dealings was also found. Pring denied trafficking the drug.

Police prosecutor Leading Senior Constable Lisa Schoemaker told the court another search warrant was executed at Pring’s house in September last year where two barbecues and a kayak, which had been stolen from a Ballarat business in August, were found.

Pring told police a friend dropped the barbecues off a few days prior because she planned on buying them for $400.

In December Pring was also found with a number of goods which were stolen during a $25,000 theft of an electrical store. On this day she told police she was buying the items for her son.

Pring also faced court on Thursday for a number of driving matters, including not abiding by an interlock condition.

Her lawyer, Tara Hartnett, told the court her client’s drug problem commenced after she began a relationship with an active drug user.

As for the offending, Ms Hartnett said while she was not trying to downplay the seriousness of the trafficking charge, it was not the most serious example.

She added the time on remand had been an eye-opening experience for her client who had utilised the 99 days to complete 14 courses.

This was Pring’s first time in custody.

She was fined $2000 for the trafficking and dishonesty matters. Pring was also taken off the road for four months and placed on a 12-month adjourned undertaking for the driving matters.