The Crown wants to recover £82,000 from a Perthshire man after he turned drug dealer for a serious organised crime gang.
David Kiddy, of Main Street, Invergowrie, was jailed for 12 months last year after a police surveillance operation in central Perth.
It led to officers seizing almost 250 grammes of cocaine, with a maximum street value of £25,000, after stopping a van in broad daylight.
Kiddy, an electrician, was the driver of the vehicle, pulled over in the Canal Street drugs bust on July 20, 2018.
Now the prosecution has raised a Proceeds of Crime action at Perth Sheriff Court in a bid to claw back cash it is alleged he accumulated through his dishonest activities.
He admitted being involved in the supply of the class A drug. The charge indicated that the drugs seizure had been aggravated by a “connection with serious organised crime.”
The court was told Kiddy’s vehicle was taken to Perth Police HQ where it was searched and a black, knotted bag containing a quantity of white powder was recovered.
Inside it was a clear plastic zip sealed bag containing white powder.
Biological analysis of the items showed Kiddy’s DNA being present on the plastic bag and the zip lock fastener.
The white powder was later analysed by forensic chemists and it proved to be 249.16 grammes of cocaine with an illicit value of between £12,450 and £24,900.
Perth lawyer David Holmes told the court his client had taken cocaine and had subsequently accumulated a drug debt.
Instead of seeking help from his parents, who would have been able to assist, he was given an option to write off that debt.
At a pre-proof hearing last Friday, Mr Holmes said he was awaiting an amended report from a forensic accountant who had been examining the figures submitted by the Crown. Sheriff Lindsay Foulis agreed to continue the hearing until Thursday.
Depute fiscal Chris Mackintosh asked that an expert analyst be allowed to be present during the proof hearing when it begins proper. That motion was continued to Thursday.
