Man caught with £1.5m of cocaine jailed for three years

Tom Farquhar admitted the offence

A convicted rapist caught with £1.5m of cocaine has been jailed for three years.

Tom Farquhar, 28, of Aberdeen, was stopped by police on the A90 near Dundee in September last year.

Officers had received a tip-off that the drugs were being transported and they found the haul in taped packages in a supermarket bag for life.

Farquhar, who admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine, was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow.

Farquhar was jailed for 12 years separately earlier this month for offences against a woman in his hometown including rape.

Lord Clark said the three year sentence was less due to the guilty plea and him already serving a lengthy prison term.

It will run consecutive to the 12 year sentence.

Prosecutor David Dickson told an earlier hearing that the high-purity consignment had a potential street value of just over £1.5m.

Farquhar's lawyer, David Moggach, told the court: "He lost his job, was short of money and was offered a sum to pick this up.

"He went to Glasgow, met people there and they deposited items in the footwell.

"He never touched it and did not know the type (of drugs) or the quantity.

"He drove back to Aberdeen not knowing where he was going to there.

"En-route, he was stopped and the packages were found in the car."

He added that Farquhar was hoping to get paid £500 for the trip.