Inverness duo face charges after police find cannabis inside property
Police had to force their way into an Inverness property having been tipped off there may be drugs inside.
Inverness Sheriff Court heard that 31-year-old Duncan Murdoch, of Stornoway Drive, Inverness tried to keep the door shut as the officers attempted to gain entry to the Tomnahurich Street address on the evening of August 4, 2022.
Inside were five people, including Murdoch and teenager Zachary Matthews, who is now aged 20. He struggled violently with police as he was being arrested.
Matthews, of St Margaret's Road, Inverness was searched and a green herbal substance, money and keys were found on him. He also dropped mobile phones, fiscal depute Susan Love told Sheriff Gary Aitken.
She added: "The other occupants were also searched. A systematic search of the property was thereafter carried out and further drug paraphernalia and drugs were found.
"The accused, Matthews, in his police interview stated that he had went there to buy smoke and said he had only been there for a few moments prior to police arrival.
"The mobile phone belonging to Matthews was forensically analysed and messages showed him involved in the supply of cannabis were discovered."
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A total of 33.74 grams of cannabis was found with a street value of around £550.
Murdoch admitted obstructing a lawful drugs search and Matthews pleaded guilty to resisting arrest and being concerned in the supply of cannabis.
Sentence was deferred until November 5 for background reports.
