A Tayside man was jailed for 16 months after admitting trying to supply drugs to three schoolchildren in a supermarket car park.
A teenager agreed to take a tablet 39-year-old Ronald Reilly said was valium but said she would consume it in the toilets of the Tesco car park in Mart Road, Dingwall.
However, the trio went straight to the nearby police station, reported what had happened and handed over the white tablet.
Dundee man Reilly was then traced to a house in Peffery Road, Dingwall and arrested.
He still had blister packs and bags of drugs in his possession – some illegal and others not controlled by the Misuse of Drugs Act, fiscal depute Robert Weir told Inverness Sheriff Court.
Analysis determined the drug given to the 14-year-old was not valium but Etizolam, a class-C drug.
He was searched by officers and as well as more Etizolam, another class-C drug, Buprenorphine, was also found.
Life spiralled out of control
Reilly, now of Kite Way, Perth, admitted being concerned in the supply of drugs and possession of two other illegal drugs and sentence was deferred for a background report last month.
Defence solicitor David Duncan said: “My client has a record spanning a number of years.
“He lost his father in October, 2018 and his personal life spiralled out of control.
“He failed to cope with the bereavement and turned to drugs.
“He was in a very bad place when these offences took place and had no regard for his own safety or well-being.”
He said Reilly has since re-started a previous relationship and left Dundee for Perth.
