Cannabis courier jailed

A drug courier who tried to bring cannabis resin with an estimated street value of £800,000 into Scotland has been jailed for three years.
Philip Leitch, a first offender, claimed huge debts tempted him to agree to transport the consignment from London.

But drug squad detectives had been tipped off and stopped Leitch in a hire car at a filling station in Stonehouse, Ayrshire.

Leitch, 27, of Martin Avenue, Irvine, pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of the drug on 16 August last year.