Teenager found in Inverness with £4500 of heroin and cocaine
Register for free to read more of the latest local news. It's easy and will only take a moment.
A Merseyside teenager who was arrested in Inverness whilst in possession of Class A drugs worth over £4500 and £1000 in cash was shown mercy by a sheriff.
Inverness Sheriff Court heard that police raided a house in Esk Road, Inverness on April 6 last year and found Peter Dunn (19) of Bowland Drive, Litherland, sleeping on the couch.
Fiscal depute Pauline Gair told Sheriff David Harvie that the officers recovered two phones, scales, a crossbow, £1000 in cash from Dunn's jacket pocket and two balls of substances.
"One ball was 46.2g of heroin split into 77 wraps, with a street value of £3850,” she said. “The other ball was three wraps of cocaine with a street value of £660."
Subscribe to receive regular email newsletters
Dunn appeared before Sheriff Sara Matheson for sentence after a background report had been prepared on the accused who admitted being concerned in the supply of drugs.
She also heard from defence solicitor Patrick O'Dea who told the court: "He was transported to the location and given drugs.
"He has no previous convictions and his family have been shocked by his behaviour.
"The person who offered him this work did it repeatedly and it is to my client's eternal regret that he gave in.
"He tells me there will be no repetition."
The sheriff considered the report's contents and after hearing from Mr O'Dea decided against imposing a custodial sentence.
She ordered Dunn to carry out 210 hours of unpaid community work as an alternative and remain under social work supervision for a year.
She told him: "The courts take a particularly dim view of people who travel from England to sell drugs in the Highlands.
"But you strike me as a person of some potential as you have passed exams."
