A Barrhead man was discovered with £7000 price of cocaine stashed away in a black secure in his bed room.
Bernard Gallagher, of Gateside Crescent, hid the Class-A medication in his wardrobe in his bed room subsequent to £2000 in money and a amount of American Dollars and Euros.
At Paisley Sheriff Courtroom, Gallagher, 43, admitted to worrying within the provide of cocaine, a Class-A drug, between March 14, 2020 and June 20, 2020.
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Procurator fiscal depute David McDonald informed the courtroom: “Round 8.25am on June 20, 2020, police attended on the accused’s property with a search warrant.
“Entry was granted by the accused and officers knowledgeable him why they had been current.
“The accused said, ‘Pay attention, I’ve acquired some coke in my bed room, my spouse doesn’t know, I don’t need her to search out out.’
“The accused was taken to the lounge along with his spouse and she or he was additionally knowledgeable of the search warrant.
“A search of the bed room started and the accused said, ‘Would you like me to indicate you the place it's?’
“He was warned he was underneath warning and he pointed to a black secure in a wardrobe.
“He supplied a key which was hooked up to his Audi automobile key.
“Officers discovered a lot of objects inside together with a Tupperware field with white powder. Evaluation confirmed this to be 61.64g of cocaine.
“One other bag of white powder, evaluation confirmed this to be 112.59g of cocaine.
“Hint quantities of cocaine the place discovered on a spoon and in different luggage.
“Scales in working order and two black dealt with knives had been additionally discovered.
“As well as was $221 in a drawer within the downstairs bed room, £2200 in notes within the prime drawer of a bedside desk and €315 in blended notes within the wardrobe.
“Round 10am an iPhone was seized from the accused and the search was concluded.
“The accused was knowledgeable a report can be submitted to the procurator fiscal.”
Mr McDonald defined that police evaluation of the medication totalled 174.5g and if offered at wholesale, it could make round £4700.
He defined that the medication had been “sub-divided and offered at their lowest in a street-deal” they might make round £7000.
Defence agent, Mr Scullion informed the courtroom Gallagher was a first-time offender and requested for reviews to be known as for and reserved mitigation for his or her completion.
Sheriff Eoin McGinty mentioned: “Reviews are essential on this case.”
Sheriff McGinty deferred sentencing for the preparation of a legal justice social work report and a Restriction of Liberty Order evaluation.
Bail was continued and Gallagher will return to courtroom on Might 23 for sentencing.
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