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A Lancashire nurse who was arrested in 2015 after she was found guilty of stealing and distributing prescription drugs received her jail sentence Monday.

Amie Heller, 30, will serve three years and eight months after she admitted to stealing and selling zopilone, tramadol, dihydrocodeine and codeine from the Royal Blackburn Hospital where she worked.

The hospital was originally tipped off about the matter from an anonymous caller in July 2015, when an investigation was brought out and errors were found during a stock check between the pharmacy requests and what had been administered on the wards.

Heller continued to work until she was arrested 11 days later.

Judge Robert Altham told Heller during the hearing that her crime is an “abuse of power” and really “strikes at the heart” of the trusted heath care profession, Metro reported.

“You, Heller, need to understand medical professionals stealing drugs from hospitals cannot be tolerated,” he addressed.

Judge Robert Altham told mother-of-one Amie Louise Heller her crime was an “abuse of power” which had “struck at the heart” of the health care profession.

“You were responsible for diverting drugs that needed to be dished out in a regulated way for people’s health and safety and you were putting them into an unregulated distribution and you have abused a position of trust to steal drugs from people who were genuinely ill.”

Heller used the cash as a “payment in kind” to receive a reduced rate on cocaine — something she admitted to using before police conducted a search warrant at her home, according to Metro.

During the search, officers found nine snap bags of cocaine and a box of prescription pills with labels removed in her Ribchester home as well as evidence of text messages between Heller and her friends requesting the drugs.

The mother-of-one participated in the illegal activity for over a month with longtime friend and co-defendant Jake Lloyd-Haydock.

Heller and Haydock, who will serve two years and six months — originally denied the charges, but pleaded guilty in March 2016.

Both will appear in the same court May 31 for a Proceeds of Crime hearing.