Hero soldier turned drugs mule who was caught trying to smuggle £170,000 of heroin while with her young daughter is ordered to pay back just £1 Naomi Thriepland was praised for her bravery in Iraq and Afghanistan She quit the Army to spent more time with her young daughter But in 2011 she was caught with £170,000 worth of heroin in her black BMW She has now been told to pay back £1 after it was found she had no assets Former soldier Naomi Thriepland, who smuggled heroin into Britain with her young daughter alongside her, has been ordered to pay back just £1 A former soldier who smuggled heroin into Britain with her young daughter alongside her has been ordered to pay back just £1. Pregnant Naomi Thriepland, a former Lance Corporal with the Grenadier Guards, was praised for her bravery in Iraq and Afghanistan where she tackled IEDs. Thriepland, 25, quit the Army to spent more time with her young daughter. But in December 2011 the drugs mule was caught by the Channel Tunnel with £170,000 worth of heroin in her black BMW. Thriepland, who was pregnant at the time, had tried to convince officers that she was returning from a Disneyland trip with her daughter. But she had actually been paid £8,000 to drive to Amsterdam and load up with 3.44 kilos of heroin and another 12 kilos of cutting agents. Thriepland admitted drugs smuggling and was jailed for four years in January at Canterbury Crown Court which heard she made around £78,000 from her crimes. An investigation launched into her finances found she had no assets and she was ordered to repay just one pound within 28 days - or serve an extra seven days in jail. Canterbury Crown Court was told on Friday she had no money and there was no evidence she had stashed any away in secret accounts. In December 2011 the drugs mule was caught by the Channel Tunnel with £170,000 worth of heroin in her black BMW Thriepland, 25, quit the Army to spent more time with her daughter. She admitted drugs smuggling and was jailed for four years in January at Canterbury Crown Court which heard she made around £78,000 from her crimes Thriepland, who had become a trainee beautician earning just £105 a week, failed to attend the Proceeds Of Crime Act hearing through illness. She is set to give birth to her second child behind bars. Thriepland, from Dalton-In-Furness, Cumbria, served in the army for six years.