A 21-year-old Alness man will be sentenced next month after admitting obstructing police by trying to swallow drugs found in his girlfriend’s home.
Craig Hayden of Firhill, Alness, will re-appear at Inverness Sheriff Court on October 21 after a background report has been prepared.
Fiscal Roderick Urquhart said that police got a tip-off and searched Hayden’s partner’s house in Kirkside, Alness on November, 15 last year.
“As the constables entered the property one of them ran upstairs where he found Hayden with three packages in his hand, struggling with the window blind.
“The constable shouted for help, grabbed Hayden and pulled him back onto a bed. Hayden placed one of the packages in his mouth and while the constables struggled with him and attempted to prevent him swallowing it, it burst.
“The other two bags also became torn and the contents of all three were partially strewn across the bed, bed frame, bedroom floor and over Hayden and the constables’ faces and clothing.
“He later told police “I was bullied into it”; “A quarter ounce is mine; I was bullied into taking the rest”; “How long will I get for this?”; and “What prison will I go to?”
The brown powder was later found to be heroin with a potential value of between £2,640 and £8,340, the court heard.