A SIX-year-old boy found £4,000 worth of heroin stuffed inside a Kinder egg on his front doorstep.

Amy Twigg's son, Jayden, was playing outside their block of flats in Lorne Park Road when he found the yellow plastic tub from a chocolate Kinder Surprise.

He picked it up and began throwing it around before Amy's partner, Stefan, opened it to make the shocking discovery.

The incident happened just before Christmas.

On Tuesday, Amy said that she found two needles outside the property, with all finds being passed on to Dorset Police.

Amy said: "I was disgusted, especially with the needles. The thought of it makes me shudder.

"You don't expect to walk out your front door and find that. At this point it's making me ill. My kids don't want to come home because of it. They shouldn't be made to feel like that.

"It's very frustrating and really very upsetting.

"Stefan is just so angry about it."

Ms Twigg said that when the police came to the house after the call was made about the find, officers explained to twins Jayden and Emeric that their mum had done the right thing, as Jayden initially thought he was in trouble.

"He said to the police officers that he thought it was sherbet but said that he didn't put any of it in his mouth," Ms Twigg said. "One of the police officers said that it was worth around £4,000 so it wasn't a small amount.

Ms Twigg also has a daughter, Destiny, who is just three-years-old.

"I'm having to get up every morning to check outside on the doorstep before the kids go to school to make sure there isn't anything for them to pick up. I don't want my children to be seeing this.

"The housing association are being as much use as a wet digestive biscuit. Aster don't want to do anything about it. They're absolutely shocking."

A spokesperson for the Aster Group said: "“We take reports of suspected drug use and anti-social behaviour very seriously.

"Our dedicated anti-social behaviour team is working closely with the police and with local residents to resolve any issues of concern.

"We will take appropriate action to ensure our communities remain safe.”

BLOB In December, a dad living in Charminster told the Daily Echo the area was in the grip of drugs. Father-of-two Christopher Spackman said he often finds discarded needles and his garden, located just off Charminster Road, is used as a toilet by drunks and drug addicts. Other residents said there are often broken bottles left strewn on pavements outside people's homes.

Sergeant Guy Nicholas, of North Bournemouth police, said they had increased the amount of PCSOs in the area and were carrying out more patrols.