A man has been given a jail warning after being caught with more than £100,000 of heroin and cocaine he’d transported from London to sell in Aberdeen.
Jaydon Eka hired a BMW sports car to drive to the Granite City but appeared “nervous and evasive” when police spotted and questioned him on Burnbrae Crescent in Aberdeen.
The 26-year-old then legged it and was seen “running frantically and flailing his arms about”, before tripping and falling over, allowing officers to catch up with him.
Officers found two sets of car keys on Eka, and a search of the BMW and a SEAT Leon uncovered drugs worth the six-figure sum.
Advocate depute Scott McKenzie told the High Court in Aberdeen Eka hired a BMW 118 sports car from a rental dealership in Croydon on October 17 2019.
Around noon on October 22 police on mobile patrol spotted the vehicle, and Eka standing next to it, on Burnbrae Crescent in Aberdeen, and approached to speak to him.
Mr McKenzie said: “The accused appeared to be very nervous, was evasive about answering simple questions and could not provide a reason for being in Aberdeen.”
He was seen to use a set of car keys to lock the BMW, which police checks confirmed was hired.
The advocate depute went on: “Police cautioned and detained the accused for a search. However, before he could be searched he ran away.”
Police gave chase on foot, and a witness described seeing Eka “running frantically and flailing his arms about” before tripping and falling.
Officers caught up just in time to see him “trying to throw something” into a fenced-off area nearby.
He was also seen to be trying to hide a car key under his body. He was handcuffed and arrested.
Eka’s DNA found on bags of drugs
Officers then searched the area, discovered the second set of keys was for a SEAT Leon and searched both vehicles.
Mr McKenzie told the court a large number of packages, described as “street deals” of cocaine and heroin, were discovered.
The maximum potential value of the cocaine recovered was £74,940, meanwhile, the heroin was worth up to £28,350, giving a total value of £103,290.
Eka’s DNA was also found on various bags.
A small amount of cash was also recovered.
Eka, of Albert Carr Gardens, London, pled guilty to charges of being concerned in the supply of cocaine and heroin.
Defence counsel Iain Paterson said his client was 24 at the time and “had not been in trouble with the police ever before”.
He said Eka had done well at school and worked as an estate agent and carpenter until becoming unemployed during the pandemic.
Mr Paterson said Eka lived in a “pretty rough” area of London and had “felt under pressure” to travel to Scotland.
He said: “He knew that on coming to Scotland he would be involved in the sale of drugs.
‘Trade of deadly drugs’
“He lived in an area where one wouldn’t go to the police in circumstances such as this.
“The hire car he had was paid for by others and he was given money which was in the car for him to look after himself in Scotland.
“He accepts he would have been involved in selling drugs.”
Judge Johanna Johnston told Eka: “You have accepted your responsibility for being involved in the trade of class A drugs.
“You heard the amounts involved, the number of packages all packaged ready to go out onto the street.
“The courts have repeatedly said the trade of deadly drugs, which is what these are, will be met with custodial sentences unless there are exceptional circumstances.”
She deferred sentence until next month and ordered a background report to be prepared.
Eka was remanded in custody.
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