Drug User Caught With £60,000 Of Drugs In Dingwall

A drug user threw away a bag containing heroin and cocaine worth up to £60,000 on the streets as he tried to flee from police.

Officers received information that David Mitchell was in possession of a carrier bag containing drugs on May 1 last year.

When police went to Chestnut Road in the Highland town of Dingwall they spotted him with a bag.

The High Court in Edinburgh heard that when Mitchell, 28, saw the police vehicle approaching he ran off into Maggie's Wood.

Advocate depute Richard Goddard said: "Once within the wooded area the accused attempted to throw the carrier bag away into the undergrowth."

"The accused was stopped by the officers and asked why he was running. He replied that the carrier bag contained cocaine," said the prosecutor.

Mitchell, of Neil Gunn Place, Dingwall, was detained and admitted that he had heroin on him and that the bag he had thrown away contained cocaine, heroin and cannabis.

He was searched and found to have a small amount of heroin in a breast pocket and a larger quantity of the Class A drug hidden in a sock.

The bag he had discarded was recovered and found to contain a block of heroin, a block of cocaine and two bags containing cannabis resin.

Mr Goddard said the heroin found had the potential to be worth £45,300 if divided up into tenner deals. The cocaine could realise £15,550 if broken down into gram quantities and the cannabis was worth up to £1100.

Unemployed Mitchell admitted being concerned in the supply of heroin, cocaine and cannabis on May 1 last year at Maggie's Wood, Dingwall.

The court heard that Mitchell was moving drugs from one part of town to another and understood he would be allowed to keep some.

The judge, Lady Wolffe, deferred sentence on Mitchell for the preparation of a background report and remanded him in custody.