Scots drug dealer jailed after fleeing cops at 120mph with £2.5m cocaine stashed in car

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A drug dealer who fled from cops with almost £2.5million worth of cocaine in his car has been jailed for five years. Dylan Nicol, 24, tried to dodge police on Kingsway in Dundee on Monday, February 19.

He drove at speeds of up to 120mph in his Volkswagen Golf with police in hot pursuit. Officers were able to detain Nicol and found 13 packages of the Class A drug in the boot of his vehicle, with an estimated value of £2,447,900.

Nicol pled guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine and dangerous driving at the High Court in Edinburgh on Friday, October 25. He was sentenced today to five years in prison at the High Court in Inverness, and he will now face confiscation action under Proceeds of Crime legislation to recover monies illegally obtained.

The court heard that Nicol's Golf was tracked by police on the A90 from Perth to Dundee as it was suspected there were drugs in the vehicle. Cops deployed a stinger near the Swallow roundabout in Dundee, where the road becomes the Kingsway, in a bid to stop him.

Three marked police vehicles surrounded Nicol's car and signalled to him to pull over, but he shot off at speeds of up to 120mph. He swerved around traffic on the busy road before hitting the stinger, which punctured his tyres.

He continued to drive at 80mph, passing through a red light before his car eventually came to a halt. Nicol attempted to flee but officers surrounded and arrested him. A cardboard box was found in the boot with the taped packages of cocaine, which had an average purity of 79 per cent.

Moira Orr, who leads on major crime for the Crown and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS), said: “This was a highly successful prosecution which has removed a large quantity of drugs from our streets and caused significant disruption to the local supply chain.

“Dylan Nicol will now spend time in prison paying for his crimes thanks to an extensive police operation, working with COPFS, to investigate and disrupt a network of drug supply.

“Drug trafficking wrecks lives and blights communities where drugs take hold. The Crown will continue working with the police and other agencies as a member of Scotland’s Serious and Organised Crime Taskforce to ensure that these crimes are detected and those responsible prosecuted using all measures at our disposal.”

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Detective Inspector Julia Ogilvie, Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism Unit North, said: “Nicol knew the consequences of his actions yet still continued to be involved in the supply of drugs. When officers tried to stop his vehicle, he attempted to get away from them.

"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. Police Scotland is acutely aware that criminals will exploit any situation for their own gain. We work closely with a wide range of partners to disrupt and tackle serious and organised criminality and make it as difficult as possible for these groups to operate.

"This remains a priority for our officers and underlines our collective commitment to the country's serious organised crime strategy and Taskforce."

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