A drug courier has been sent to prison after bringing crack cocaine into the north-east.
Joel Jamieson came to the attention of police on November 20 when he instantly became “fidgety” and changed direction when he spotted an officer on mobile patrol.
The 26-year-old was shortly later spotted getting into the passenger seat of a black Kia.
Jamieson, of Hamilton Road, Cheshire, pleaded guilty to being concerned in supplying heroin and cocaine at Richmond street and elsewhere in Aberdeen.
Fiscal depute, Anna Chisholm, told the court that the officer on mobile patrol asked for a police car to attend and help him stop the car.
The driver and Jamieson were spoken with but both seemed to be unsure of where they were going and their stories kept changing, Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard.
After being strip-searched at Kittybrewster Police Station, officers found that Jamieson had been hiding drugs on his person as they recovered a clingfilm wrap.
He advised officers there was more and a further clingfilm wrap was later found.
Seven wraps contained crack cocaine with a maximum value of £1,650 and the other seven contained up to £1,240 of heroin.
Jamieson was unemployed at the time of the offence and defence agent, Peter Shepherd, said his client was nothing more than a courier.
He asked the court to take into account the low value of the drugs and said Jamieson knew a custodial sentence may be imposed.
Sheriff Graham Buchanan noted that “drug addiction and abuse of class A drugs” was a common problem, so people who bring drugs to the area would be “dealt with seriously”.
He sentenced Jamieson to 14 months imprisonment.
