Published Date:
22 November 2007
A CRIME syndicate's plans to flood Shetland with cheap heroin to open up a new market has been foiled by police, a court heard yesterday.
Drug courier James Farrell was jailed for five years and three months after being caught with £25,000 worth of the drug.
Farrell, 43, was the second Liverpudlian to be found with heroin arriving at the harbour at Lerwick within two days.
George Beardwood, 48, a father of eight, was jailed for five years last week after he was discovered with more than £11,000 of heroin as he left a ferry at Holmsgarth on 27 September.
The High Court in Edinburgh heard Farrell had been stopped by police when he arrived at the same terminal a day earlier.
James Wolffe, QC, said: "Police gathered intelligence a criminal syndicate in Liverpool had identified Shetland as a lucrative market for their heroin."
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Last Updated:
21 November 2007 10:42 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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Related Topics:
Heroin
