A man who has acquired more than 40 convictions during his life of crime has been sent to jail for more than six years for dealing heroin.
Colin Yeats, 39, was arrested at his home in Fraserburgh’s Charlotte Street after police found quantities of the drug there.
The High Court in Edinburgh heard how officers swooped on the address after receiving intelligence that Yeats and another man called Paul Crawford were involved in the narcotics trade.
Prosecutor Greg Farrell told judge Lady Carmichael that Yeats had two convictions for dealing heroin and cocaine.
Mr Farrell also told the court that Yeats also had previous convictions for possessing drugs, dealing drugs, breach of the peace, breaching community payback orders and one for assault.
Mr Farrell added: “In respect of these offences, the accused has received fines, disqualification orders, licence endorsements, probation orders, drug treatment testing orders, community service orders and periods of imprisonment – the longest being nine months.”
The story emerged after Yeats and Crawford, of Clough Road, Rotherham, pleaded guilty to supplying heroin on Tuesday.
Lady Carmichael deferred sentence on Crawford for reports.
She jailed Yeats for six years and three months.