Man jailed for transporting drugs
BBC Thursday 26th April, 2012
A man who took a holdall containing 150,000 of amphetamine from Glasgow to the Highlands has been jailed for three years and four months. Robert Graham, 50, from Dingwall, had a "significant amount" of drugs, the High Court in Edinburgh heard. Graham admitted to being concerned in the supply of Class B drugs on 4 November last year. Judge Lord Brodie said he would have jailed him for five years if he had not pleaded guilty. Police stopped a c...
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