A WENDOUREE woman who trafficked amphetamines was caught as part of a wider police drug operation targeting three men, a court has heard.Donna Micallef sat in the front row of the Ballarat Magistrates court yesterday, where she pleaded guilty to trafficking and possessing amphetamines, and possessing cannabis.Dressed in black and wearing high-heeled shoes, the court heard Micallef had already served a period of imprisonment for drug trafficking about 10 years ago.Police prosecutor Sergeant Bob Anderson said police initiated telephone intercepts in August last year as part of a wider operation, and in September recorded Micallef talking to another woman about trafficking amphetamines, a drug of dependence.He said the term “eight-ball” was used during the phone conversation, which he said was a common way of describing a portion of the drug.A warrant executed by police on Micallef’s Marigold Street home on November 9 found deal bags of amphetamines, a “tick book”, which is commonly used to detail drug related information, and other items relating to drug trafficking including a quantity of cannabis.Defence lawyer David Tamanika said police seized only small amounts of drugs from his client’s home, including 2.18 grams of cannabis and 0.36 grams of amphetamines in foil, as well as other amounts that were unable to be weighed because they were more residue than anything.“It wasn’t pages and pages of intercepts ... it was a single call that got picked up,” Mr Tamanika said.He also said the tick book contained about four pages that had been written on and, at its highest, could be described as “scrawl”. “What inference are you wanting me to draw from this, that she’s a disorganised drug dealer?” magistrate Michelle Hodgson responded, before determining that the book was not actually used as a tick book.Ms Hodgson adjourned sentencing until July 26 to enable Micallef to be assessed for both an intensive corrections order, and a community based order.“This by no means you’re out of the woods,” Ms Hodgson said.“Trafficking amphetamines in this community is a big problem.”