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Drug-driver had £500 of cocaine and heroin stashed ‘between buttocks’

Terry Robertson.
Terry Robertson.

A drug-driver pulled over by police in Aberdeen had hundreds of pounds worth of cocaine and heroin stashed “between his buttocks”.

Terry Robertson was stopped by police due to the “poor standard” of his driving as he pulled out of Urquhart Road onto King Street.

A drug test was then carried out on the 48-year-old, which showed he had taken cocaine.

And when taken back to the police station, a “plastic package” containing £500 worth of cocaine and heroin was found “between his buttocks”.

Fiscal depute Jennifer Pritchard told Aberdeen Sheriff Court: “At 9.30pm on March 17 2020, police on uniformed mobile patrol saw a vehicle exit from Urquhart Road onto King Street.

‘He’d been in the Urquhart Road area where various items were purchased’

“Police assessed the driving to be of a poor standard and made the decision to stop the vehicle.”

Robertson was found to be the driver and a roadside test returned a positive result for cocaine.

He was then arrested and taken back to Kittybrewster station where it emerged he was “found to have a plastic package between his buttocks”.

The package contained wraps of heroin weighing 4.5g worth around £100, as well as nine 0.3g wraps of cocaine worth £400 altogether.

A 4.5g wrap of cannabis was also found in his jacket pocket, worth around £10.

Robertson, of Conningham Terrace, Aberdeen, admitted driving with 499 microgrammes of Benzoylecgonine, a breakdown of cocaine, per litre of blood.

‘Instead of walking home, not a lengthy distance, he took his car’

The legal limit is 50 microgrammes.

He also admitted possession of cocaine, heroin and cannabis.

Defence agent Mike Monro said: “On the evening in question, he had been in the Urquhart Road area where various items were purchased in a ‘take now, pay for later’ scenario.

“The accused had already taken some illegal drugs on the night in question as is quite clear from the charge.

“Instead of simply walking home to Tillydrone where he lives, not a particularly lengthy distance, he decided he’d take his car.”

Sheriff Eric Brown handed Robertson a total of 225 hours of unpaid work and banned him from driving for a year.

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