Two men who were caught in a car with almost #140,000 worth of drugs after arousing police suspicions, were jailed at the High Court in Glasgow, yesterday.
Scott Thomson, 26, of Ashwood Avenue, Bridge of Don, and Ian Muir, 25, of Jamaica Street, both Aberdeen, were on their way to buy drugs when they were stopped by police travelling at speeds of up to 111mph.
They claimed they were on their way from Aberdeen to Liverpool to buy a van with #9000 found in the car, but police were suspicious and when the pair returned north the following day they were stopped on the M74 Glasgow to Carlisle road, near Beattock, in May last year.
Prosecutor Simon Di Rollo told the court: ''Four blocks of cannabis with a street value of #3275 were found under the driver's seat, and a sock with #75,000 worth of heroin was also discovered in the car.''
When interviewed, Thomson told police that Muir had gone into a pub in Liverpool with the #9000 and bought drugs. Mr Di Rollo claimed that more than #400 found on Thomson was part of his earnings as an off-shore oil worker.
At the time of his arrest, Muir was on bail for trafficking in heroin from his home in January l995. Mr Di Rollo said police found #60,000 worth of heroin along with drug dealing equipment in the house.
Mr William McVicker, defending, said that Thomson, who pleaded guilty to trafficking in #3275 of cannabis, had been acting as a friend to Muir when caught.
Lord Cowie jailed him for three years. He was also banned from driving for 12 months and ordered to re-sit a driving test, after he admitted a dangerous driving charge by driving at speeds of up to 111mph on the M74 road near Lockerbie.
Defence advocate Mr Jack Davidson, for Muir, a fork-lift truck driver, said his client had become addicted to heroin three years ago.
He added: ''He owed the major drug barons money and was dealing to feed his own habit and repay them. He is not a Mr Big in the drug world.''
Muir, who admitted trafficking in the heroin found in the car and his home was jailed for nine years.
A third man, Brent Humphreys, 28, a roughneck driller, of Union Grove, Aberdeen, admitted assaulting two policemen with a stool during the drugs raid on Muir's house, and is to be sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh, on May 1.
Two other men, Mr Stewart Connon, 31, of Manor Avenue, and Mr Alan Fraser, 25, of Cardens Knowe, both Aberdeen, had their pleas of not guilty to charges of dealing in heroin in Muir's house, between September and December l996, accepted by the Crown.
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