Scots roofer who dealt drugs for crime gang caught red-handed with cocaine worth almost £100k

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A roofer with a sideline dealing drugs for an organised crime gang was caught red-handed with cocaine with a potential street value of nearly £100,000.Gareth Speirs, 44, was caught touring Scotland distributing large quantities of the Class A drug twice in the space of four months.A surveillance operation was set up in Inverness after police received a tip-off and Speirs was spotted with a bag of cocaine at a BP filling station in Longman Road.Just months later, police received more information that Speirs had left his Glasgow home again to spread cocaine and a watch was set up in Dundee.He was caught again - with more than twice as much cocaine as he had been caught with in Inverness - and now faces being sent to prison.Speirs, Lamont Road, admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine to others in Inverness on 12 January 2018 and in Dundee on 18 May 2018.

He admitted the offence was aggravated by a link to organised crime.Sheriff Jillian Martin-Brown granted Speirs bail, but warned him: "Given the amount of drugs involved I think you should know a custodial sentence is something realistic."Solicitor Paul Sutherland said: "He's under no illusion, given the high level of values involved, that a custodial sentence will be uppermost in the court's mind."Fiscal depute Michael Dunlop told Dundee Sheriff Court: "He was single and residing with his parents at the time.

He is a roofer."Intelligence was received by Police Scotland that a civilian was about to source drugs from the accused. Officers began surveillance at the BP filling station."A person met with the accused and he left with a carrier bag.