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£50,000 cocaine courier’s shiny bag caught the attention of police

Andrew Fraser, 30, had the drugs in an Inverness car park and has been jailed for 18 months.

Eastfield Way car park in Inverness
Eastfield Way car park in Inverness. Image: Google Street View

A man was caught with almost £50,000 of cocaine after his shiny bag caught the attention of police officers.

Andrew Fraser was spotted pulling up beside another vehicle and then trying to hide the eye-catching toilet bag as he approached the car.

When he returned to the vehicle, parked in Eastfield Way car park in Inverness, officers moved in and made the high-value bust.

Inverness Sheriff Court was told that the cocaine weighed 246.72 grams and had a street value of £49,300.

Fiscal depute Robert Weir said Fraser’s car was searched and two pink bags of white powder were found in the footwell.

‘I accept you had a lesser role’

“One bag was mixed with paracetamol but the cocaine purity was 42%,” he added.

Fraser, 30, of Millcroft Road, Cumbernauld, appeared before Sheriff Eilidh Macdonald and admitted being concerned in the supply of the Class A drug on June 11 2019.

Sentence had been deferred for a background report on Fraser whose lawyer, Lindsay Gaughan said: “He had an addiction problem and a large amount of debt at the time.”

But Sheriff Macdonald said that due to the large amount of drugs found, there was no alternative to a custodial sentence.

She jailed Fraser for 18 months but added: “I accept you had a lesser role and I will restrict the sentence accordingly.”