A dad caught with heroin price £5000 at his son's Lanarkshire house has been jailed for 2 years and 9 months.
Stephen Jones senior, 54, admitted worrying within the provide of the Class A drug on the property in Forrest Highway, Salsburgh.
Stephen Jones junior, 30, and Lee Jones, 22, of Mavisbank Road in Airdrie, confronted the identical cost, however had their not responsible pleas accepted.
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Liam Haggart, prosecuting, advised Airdrie Sheriff Court docket that law enforcement officials recovered the medicine after going to the home with a search warrant on October 23, 2019.
Stephen Jones junior admitted being in possession of hashish price £200 that day.
The courtroom heard that Jones senior, from Glasgow, has a earlier conviction for worrying within the provide of medication, which resulted in a 28-month jail sentence.
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Sheriff David Younger had hinted that he would possibly impose a non-custodial sentence this time after adjourning the case for stories.
However ultimately the sheriff determined it needed to be jail for the repeat offender.
Stephen Jones junior's solicitor mentioned he had been consuming "a number of hashish" in 2019 however confused: "He has reduce down his use dramatically and now not sees it as a difficulty."
Sheriff Younger fined Jones junior £315.
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