DRUGS WITH A STREET VALUE OF 1.3 UKP MILLION HAVE BEEN SEIZED IN ABERDEEN

The massive heroin haul was made on the A96 Aberdeen to Inverness road at
the Airport roundabout just outside Bucksburn.

The success came just three weeks after 1 million UKP of drugs were
recovered at the Bridge of Dee.

A 35-year-old North-east man was due to appear in private at Aberdeen
Sheriff Court today in connection with yesterday's haul. Drug squad and
traffic police made the find when they swooped on a car shortly before
midday yesterday.

The recovery brings the amount of heroin and crack cocaine seized by
Grampian Police this year to 5.6 million UKP.

That is more than double the amount recovered for the whole of last year.
Yesterday's heroin seizure is the latest in a series of high profile drug
operations by the force.

Just three weeks ago officers recovered heroin worth 1 million UKP from a
car at the Bridge of Dee, just off the A90.

Detective Inspector Willie Findlay said: "I hope that recent recoveries
made by Grampian Police send out a clear message to drug dealers, wherever
they come from, that they will not be tolerated in our communities.

"With the continued assistance of the public we will strive to put them
behind bars.

"Aberdeen is not a safe haven for drug dealers and that is the way it
should be.

"This latest recovery is further testament to the efforts being made by
Grampian Police to tackle the drugs menace and to the intelligence led
policing approach." Much of this year's record breaking success has been
the result of working with other agencies, like the Scottish Drugs
Enforcement Agency.