A man who was caught with nearly £2.5m worth of cocaine in the boot of his car following a high-speed police chase has been jailed for five years.
Dylan Nicol, 24, drove at speeds up to 120mph along the A90 and Kingsway West in Dundee in February as he attempted to evade arrest.
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) said Nicol’s Volkswagen Golf was eventually surrounded by officers when it came to a halt after its tyres were punctured by a police “stinger” device.
A cardboard box with 13 packages of cocaine was recovered from the boot.
COPFS said the drugs had an average purity of 79%.
Detective Inspector Julia Ogilvie said Nicol “knew the consequences of his actions” but still continued to be involved in the supply of drugs.
The Police Scotland officer added: “His actions that day were dangerous but the potential implications of those drugs making it into our communities could have had an even more devastating impact.”
COFPS said police had been trailing Nicol’s car as it headed east on the A90 from Perth to Dundee at 70mph over suspicions the vehicle contained a quantity of drugs.
At the same time, other officers deployed a “stinger” just before the Swallow roundabout in Dundee, where the A90 becomes Kingsway West, in an attempt to try and stop him.
Meanwhile, while near Longforgan, officers in three marked vehicles surrounded Nicol’s car and activated their blue lights, signalling for him to stop.
