A man has been jailed for a year after he was caught with £13,000 worth of a Class B drug in Aberdeen.
Kristopher Eytle yesterday admitted being concerned in the supply of a large quantity of amphetamine – also known as speed – when he appeared at the city’s sheriff court.
The 38-year-old was caught by police on North Anderson Drive on April 16 last year.
Fiscal depute Kelly Mitchell told the court that police had received a tip-off that Eytle was travelling north towards Peterhead, and that he was believed to be involved in dealing drugs.
The court heard officers in an unmarked car spotted his car, and when they stopped it Eytle was in the front passenger seat.
When they searched the vehicle, they discovered a rucksack in the back of the car containing 910 grams of amphetamine, as well as small bags and a digital scale.
The court heard that although the street value of the drugs found in the car was around £900, it could be sold for up to £13,000 if broken down into smaller deals and sold individually.
Eytle, of 56 Shiel Walk, Livingstone, claimed he was expecting to keep the majority of the drugs for his own use as he was a “heavy user”. However, he accepted that he would have sold a “small quantity” on to friends.
On the day he was arrested he had been travelling to Peterhead to meet a girl he had got in touch with through social media.
The court heard he had brought the drugs with him as he had been planning on staying there for some time and that it was his intention to use the scales to measure out quantities of the drug as and when he needed some.
Sheriff Graham Buchanan said only a custodial sentence would be appropriate for bringing such substances to the north-east.
He said: “I have listened to what has been said about what was going to happen to the drugs recovered, but, of course, you accept that you were likely to be involved in the supply to others and you were bringing this fairly significant quantity of drugs up to the north-east from the central belt. That is something the courts are keen to discourage.”