A drug mule was stopped by Fife police while transporting cocaine worth as much as £81,000.
The block carried by Stefan Milne was more than twice the purity of the class-A drug normally bought on the street.
The 39-year-old had been paid £1,500 to collect the package from England.
He was caught in his Mazda in the afternoon of February 1 2021 as he crossed Clackmannanshire Bridge.
Bridge stop
At Dunfermline Sheriff Court, Fiscal depute Catherine Fraser said: “At around 2.54pm the accused’s vehicle was stopped by road traffic officers, who signalled with blue lights.
“The accused stopped on the A876 Clackmannanshire Bridge.
“Detective sergeant Mackie and detective constable McGuff came over to the vehicle and spoke to the accused, who was informed he was detained for a search.
“He said: ‘There’s no point searching, I can tell you where they are – they’re in the JD Sports bag’.”
Milne and his car were then taken to Dunfermline police station.
On searching the car, officers found a white JD Sports bag, with a black one inside.
The black bag contained a block of white powder, packed in plastic and tissue paper.
The block was found to contain 489.7g of cocaine, with a purity of 62%.
Normal street purity is around 30%, Ms Fraser said.
Experts estimate the half-kilo block would be worth up to £58,680 if divided into street deals, or as much as £80,800 if reduced to normal street purity.
Milne was also found to have a 3.66g wrap of the drug, worth £250, and almost £600 in cash.
Prison ‘inevitable’
Ms Fraser added: “In interview the accused told officers he had been asked by a friend (who he did not name) on behalf of another person to travel to England and collect drugs.
“He was offered £1,500 to do so.
“He stated he travelled to England on January 31 and collected the drugs.
“When collected they were in the black JD Sports bag and he placed them in his own white JD Sports bag.
“He then travelled to a hotel in Leicester and stayed overnight in a hotel and returned to Scotland on February 1.”
Milne, of Branshill, Sauchie, admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine on the A876 Clackmannanshire Bridge on January 31 and February 1 last year.
Sentence was deferred for reports, but Sheriff Susan Duff warned Milne a prison sentence was “inevitable”.
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