A woman snared with more than £100,000 worth of drugs in her Dundee “safe house” has been jailed.
Police were tipped off about drug dealing from a flat on Spey Drive and found nearly 180,000 etizolam tablets and 420g of heroin during two separate searches.
Leanne McCabe, 35, was locked up at Dundee Sheriff Court on Tuesday after she previously admitted using her home to store the drugs.
Tablets and powder recovered
During the first search, officers forced entry just before 10pm and found drugs littered throughout the property.
Fiscal depute Marie Irvine told the court: “A total of 95,471 etizolam tablets were found during this search, with a maximum potential illicit value of £47,735.
“Powder at the property was found to be heroin, which weighed 35g, with a maximum value of £1,400.”
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This, however, would not be the last time that the police would smash their way into McCabe’s home.
Second swoop
Six months later, McCabe was sitting in the kitchen when the flat was raided at around 3.15pm.
Another systematic search uncovered tens of thousands of etizolam tablets and heroin weighing hundreds of grams.
Miss Irvine revealed that in both searches, the heroin found weighed a total of 419.57g with a maximum potential value of £16,780.
The etizolam was estimated as being potentially worth up to £89,989 from the 227, 918 tablets that were discovered.
McCabe, a prisoner of HMP Edinburgh, gave no response after being arrested and charged.
Guilty plea
She appeared from custody to admit being concerned in the supply of heroin, a Class A drug, and etizolam, a Class C drug, on August 16.
McCabe pled guilty to identical offences committed on February 17.
Solicitor Jim Laverty said previously: “Whilst she did not benefit financially from her involvement in these two incidents, she understands that providing her house as a safe house was still a significant cog in the machinery of drug supply.”
McCabe was sentenced to 20 months in prison by Sheriff George Way.
She was also made subject to a supervised release order for 10 months once she is freed from custody.
