Cops in Lanarkshire discover £83k worth of cocaine stuffed in a bin after car chase

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High-purity cocaine worth more than £80,000 was found stuffed inside a wheelie bin behind a shop in Bellshill.It followed a car chase involving police officers who had Hugh Dickson under surveillance.Dickson, 34, admitted being concerned in the supply of the Class A drug in Bankhead Avenue and elsewhere on November 4 last year.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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It was a block of cocaine, weighing 839g and with a purity of 61 per cent."If divided into 1g deals, it would have a potential value of £83,900."The court heard Dickson is a dad of five and was working as a self-employed plumber