Glasgow man jailed after haul of drugs and guns found

A Glasgow man was jailed for five years after police found him with a haul of drugs and a rifle.

Officers forced their way into a flat in Gartloch Road, in Glasgow, after breaking a door from its frame and discovered William Wilson behind it trying to hold it shut.

Wilson (37) admitted he kept drugs at the property and revealed a firearm was on the premises.

A Winchester rifle and five live bullets were found in a cupboard next to the front door.

Items used to mix and cut drugs were discovered in the kitchen along with more than half a kilo of heroin and quantities of the common adulterants caffeine and paracetamol.

A further 19 kilos of cannabis was also recovered. Most of the drugs were inside heat sealed packages.

Wilson, who was at the flat with its occupier, said: 'All the stuff in here is mine. I just use him. I pay him in green.'

Police carried out a further raid on a flat in Rigby Drive, in Glasgow, on the same day and found a further two kilos of heroin wrapped in seven brown taped packages.

The heroin recovered was worth an estimated £134,000 on the streets and the cannabis was valued at more than £53,000.

Wilson earlier admitted being concerned in the supply of both heroin and cannabis on August 9 this year.

He also pled guilty to illegally possessing the gun and ammunition as he had previously been sentenced to more than three years imprisonment.

A judge told Wilson, a prisoner in Glasgow's Barlinnie jail, that he would have been jailed for seven and a half years for the latest offences, but for his guilty pleas.

Lady Scott said: 'You are assessed as presenting a high risk of re-offending.'

Defence solicitor advocate Brian Gilfedder said that Wilson had got a job following his earlier release from prison but had broken his ankle.

He said that Wilson had then agreed to look after 'a safe house' for drugs in return for pounds 500.

The Crown has raised proceedings to seize any crime profits from Wilson.

The court was also told it was making an application for a serious crime prevention order against him which can limit access to phones and computers and require financial details.