Ex-boxer supplied cannabis

Former world flyweight boxing champion Paul Weir has been found guilty of supplying a form of herbal cannabis.

Weir, 36, from Cumbernauld, was caught by police, along with Gerald Ferguson of Glasgow and Harold Mitchell of Weymss Bay, in the car park of a hotel on the outskirts of the city.

Police had earlier told the trial how they had watched the group of men before moving in to make arrests and of how they found a black bin bag containing the cannabis in Weir's silver Golf car.

Officers from the Scottish Drugs Enforcement Agency seized 5kg of the drug, valued at more than £42,000.

The court heard how Weir became involved in the drug scene to make cash after his business selling boxing gear and health food failed and he was left living on the earnings of his second wife.