Pubdate: Thu, 19 Sep 2002
Source: Evening Express (UK)
Copyright: 2002 Northcliffe Newspapers Group Ltd
Contact:  http://www.thisisnorthscotland.co.uk/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/139

DRUGS WITH A STREET VALUE OF 1.3 UKP MILLION HAVE BEEN SEIZED IN ABERDEEN

The massive heroin haul was made on the A96 Aberdeen to Inverness road at 
the Airport roundabout just outside Bucksburn.

The success came just three weeks after 1 million UKP of drugs were 
recovered at the Bridge of Dee.

A 35-year-old North-east man was due to appear in private at Aberdeen 
Sheriff Court today in connection with yesterday's haul. Drug squad and 
traffic police made the find when they swooped on a car shortly before 
midday yesterday.

The recovery brings the amount of heroin and crack cocaine seized by 
Grampian Police this year to 5.6 million UKP.

That is more than double the amount recovered for the whole of last year. 
Yesterday's heroin seizure is the latest in a series of high profile drug 
operations by the force.

Just three weeks ago officers recovered heroin worth 1 million UKP from a 
car at the Bridge of Dee, just off the A90.

Detective Inspector Willie Findlay said: "I hope that recent recoveries 
made by Grampian Police send out a clear message to drug dealers, wherever 
they come from, that they will not be tolerated in our communities.

"With the continued assistance of the public we will strive to put them 
behind bars.

"Aberdeen is not a safe haven for drug dealers and that is the way it 
should be.

"This latest recovery is further testament to the efforts being made by 
Grampian Police to tackle the drugs menace and to the intelligence led 
policing approach." Much of this year's record breaking success has been 
the result of working with other agencies, like the Scottish Drugs 
Enforcement Agency.
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