A 36-year-old drug dealer yesterday admitted being concerned in the supply of almost 2.5kg of amphetamine in Inverness.
The drugs, worth between £19,000 and £37,000 were found in bags and a bin liner at a property rented by Stephen Burnside in the city on September 21 last year.
Inverness Sheriff Court was told that Burnside, of Brudes Hill, had left a house in Lochalsh Road when police stopped and searched him.
Fiscal depute Roderick Urquhart said: “He had a phone, £500 and a packet with white powder, which he said was ‘speed’.
“Later a flat which was rented to Burnside was searched and a bag, a bin liner and packets containing a white powder were found. It was later found to be amphetamine.”
Sentence was deferred until November 21 for a background report and Burnside was remanded in custody.
