Two men have been jailed after drugs worth £27,000 changed hands in a Hamilton street.Police officers witnessed the handover and one of the men fled the scene in a Range Rover, but he was caught after a high speed chase.Michael McCabe, 39, of Roseberry Place, Hamilton, and Christopher Barrry, 33, of Prospecthill Crescent, Glasgow, were each jailed for a year at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Friday.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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