Dealer who came to Scotland for drug drop attempted to flee with £40k cash in car

Published date26 April 2024
AuthorGordon Currie
Publication titleEdinburghLive (Scotland)
Chen Qing had travelled to Scotland to carry out a drug exchange which would lead to around seven kilos of cannabis flooding the streets. Qing, who was being monitored by a covert surveillance unit and tried to flee at speed with the profits, dodged a prison term at Dundee Sheriff Court

Midlands-based Qing and his Dundee-based associates had no idea their entire drug drop was being monitored by detectives working from a tip-off. Fiscal depute Stewart Duncan told the court that Qing, 37, Andrew Nicoll, 42, and Graham Haggart, 38, were caught red-handed, reports the Daily Record.

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He said: "Officers were deployed on surveillance. They saw Nicoll driving his red VW Golf to Finavon Terrace and Haggart exited from the passenger side. Around two hours later Qing arrived and parked next to it. Nicoll approached Qing and a Sports Direct bag was taken round the back of the property.

"Qing drove off. Police forced entry to the property and Haggart was found within. Nicoll was at the front of the property and he was detained. A bag identical to the one seen taken from Qing's car was found. It contained multiple bags of green herbal matter. Four plants were found in Haggart's bedroom."

It contained six bags of cannabis, weighing a total of five kilos and having a potential illicit value of £10,000.

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