A drug courier was caught with more than £50,000 worth of heroin in a car in Dundee.
John McCormack, 30, was caught by police with 503.4g of the Class A drug at Kingsway West.
Dundee Sheriff Court heard the heroin was found concealed within two packages under the passenger seat of a vehicle in which Mr McCormack was travelling.
He was searched and found with three mobile phones and £280 cash.
Fiscal depute Eilidh Robertson told the court police received information that drugs were being delivered into the Dundee area on February 3 in a black VW Golf.
The fiscal said: “Around 4pm the vehicle was stopped on Kingsway West, Dundee. A former co-accused was driving and accused McCormack was sat in the passenger seat.
“As police approached McCormack was seen to push two packages under the passenger seat. He was searched and found to have three mobile phones and £280 cash. A further two phones were found within the vehicle, along with a sat nav.
“Two packages of brown powder were found underneath the passenger seat, which were later found to contain 503.4g of heroin, with a street value of £50,340 if sold in tenner bags.”
The fiscal said the heroin was 19% purity — twice as strong as the average heroin found on Dundee streets — and if it had been “bulked out” its street value could double to around £100,000. However, no bulking agents were found and McCormack might not have known the strength of the drug.
An agent acting on behalf of the accused said: “He is a carer for his mother and father and requires measures to be put on place by social services for them.”
McCormack, of Glasgow Harbour Terrace, Glasgow, admitted he was concerned in the supply of heroin. Sentence was deferred until December 4 for reports.
It comes as it was revealed police recovered nearly £111,000 of drugs in the Dundee area between April and September.
Operation Aurora targeted a specific group of offenders from north and south of the border involved in the supply and distribution of Class A drugs.
It saw 29 criminals arrested on a range of offences.
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