Aberdeen rapist jailed after being caught with £1.5m of cocaine near Dundee
Tom Farquhar will serve three years on top of the 12 years he was sentenced to earlier this month for offences against a woman
Last updated 26th Aug 2024
An Aberdeen rapist who was caught with £1.5m of cocaine near Dundee has been handed a three-year jail term.
Police received a tip off that drugs were being transported and stopped Tom Farquhar in a blue Audi S3 on the A90 last September.
The drugs were found the haul in taped packages in a supermarket bag for life.
The 28 year old was jailed for 12 years separately earlier this month for offences against a woman in his hometown including rape.
£1.5m of cocaine discovered after he was stopped on the A90
He was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow on Monday 26 August, and Lord Clark said it was less due to his guilty plea, and already serving a lengthy prison term.
It will run consecutively to the 12 years.
Prosecutor David Dickson told the previous drugs hearing how Farquhar had been caught.
He stated: "All (the taped packages) appeared to be symmetrical in size and weight."
The high-purity consignment had a potential street value of just over £1.5m.
Farquhar was separately sentenced for 12 years earlier this month
His lawyer David Moggach told the court: "He lost his job, was short of money and was offered a sum to pick this up.
"He went to Glasgow, met people there and they deposited items in the footwell.
"He never touched it and did not know the type (of drugs) or the quantity.
"He drove back to Aberdeen not knowing where he was going to there.
"En-route, he was stopped and the packages were found in the car.
"Mr Farquhar was hoping to get £500 for the trip."
He added Farquhar was always pleading guilty to the drug trafficking, but had "wanted to get the other case dealt with" first.