Dundee dealer facing jail for £54,000 cannabis haul

A cannabis dealer found with £54,000 worth of the drug in a bag in his house has been warned to expect jail.

Christopher Ferrie’s home in Dundee was raided on September 11 last year and as soon as officers entered he said: “It’s in that bag in there I’m just holding that for somebody.”

Police found 18.9 kilos of cannabis in total mostly divided into 100 gram “slates” for onward distribution.

Officers later interviewed Ferrie’s brother who told them he had been “regularly” buying the drug from Ferrie.

Depute fiscal Eilidh Robertson told Dundee Sheriff Court that the maximum street value of the cannabis was £54,000, though at the time it was divided up into deals worth a total of £35,910.

Ferrie, 32, of Dundee, pleaded guilty on indictment to being concerned in the supply of cannabis.

Sheriff Lorna Drummond QC deferred sentence for social work background reports and released Ferrie on bail meantime.

She said: “It is an offence that warrants custody. It is highly likely you will be sent to jail for this offence.”