The 38-year-old was fined a total of $900 and $1500 in victims levies on a series of drug charges.

Police told Katherine Local Court yesterday they found a used syringe next to a five-year-old who was a passenger in the car.

The woman was first stopped by police last Monday.

Her vehicle had extensive damage to the right hand panels, a missing door handle, and sharp shards protruding from the right hand mirror and bumper, police said.

The woman was subjected to roadside drug analysis which returned a positive reading for methamphetamine.

The vehicle was defected and the woman was arrested and conveyed to Katherine Police Station for secondary testing with results pending.

Three days later, on Thursday, the same woman was seen driving the same unsafe vehicle travelling in the wrong direction on a one way street.

Police stopped her again and she allegedly returned a positive result for prohibited drug following a roadside drug analysis.

A secondary analysis at Katherine Police Station returned a positive reading for cannabis, police said.

Finally the next day, on Friday in Katherine, she was seen driving a different vehicle this time and was again pulled over by police.

She was subjected to another drug analysis which returned a positive reading for amphetamine and cannabis.

The woman was remanded in custody and issued with an immediate licence suspension.

She appeared in court and was heavily fined and also sentenced to a week in prison, but was released after having already served her time after Friday's arrest.

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