Pothead
12-06-2007, 07:28 AM
Officers in Fife have seized drugs from a car taking the total recovered so far this year to more than £1m.
The vehicle was stopped on the A92 between Cowdenbeath and Lochgelly at 2215 GMT on Wednesday after drug-squad officers received a tip off.
Police found 14kg of cannabis resin worth £70,000 inside the Ford Fiesta which was travelling eastbound.
Three men, aged 19, 20 and 24 were arrested and will appear at Dunfermline Sheriff Court later.
Two of the men are from Kirkcaldy and the third is from Leven.
Half a million more
The total which Fife Constabulary have seized so far stands at £1,000,028.
The force's drugs squad officers had been looking forward to hitting the million pound mark.
Head of the drugs team, Det Insp Neil Kerr, told BBC Scotland's news website: "It's as much a psychological thing for us to reach that.
"We have now got another four months to go and I would anticipate £500,000 more to be seized."
Officers said there was still a belief among people who use and deal in drugs that it is not an offence to have cannabis.
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The vehicle was stopped on the A92 between Cowdenbeath and Lochgelly at 2215 GMT on Wednesday after drug-squad officers received a tip off.
Police found 14kg of cannabis resin worth £70,000 inside the Ford Fiesta which was travelling eastbound.
Three men, aged 19, 20 and 24 were arrested and will appear at Dunfermline Sheriff Court later.
Two of the men are from Kirkcaldy and the third is from Leven.
Half a million more
The total which Fife Constabulary have seized so far stands at £1,000,028.
The force's drugs squad officers had been looking forward to hitting the million pound mark.
Head of the drugs team, Det Insp Neil Kerr, told BBC Scotland's news website: "It's as much a psychological thing for us to reach that.
"We have now got another four months to go and I would anticipate £500,000 more to be seized."
Officers said there was still a belief among people who use and deal in drugs that it is not an offence to have cannabis.
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