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EDINBURGH CABBIE CAUGHT WITH £200K OF HIGH GRADE COCAINE IN GLOVEBOX
A cabbie was caught with a kilo of high purity cocaine with a poten- tial street value of over £200k in the glove compartment of his car when he was stopped by police. Ibrahim Oguz told uniformed officers: “The key opens the glovebox. I don’t know what’s in there. The glovebox might have been interfered with in London.” Oguz, 43, was stopped driving his Mercedes Vito on the A1, near Haddington in East Lothian, in the early hours of September 28 in 2021 as he returned to Edinburgh from London. The High Court in Edinburgh heard that Police Scotland received intelligence the previous day that the driver of the vehicle had met another individual and a drugs
offence transaction took place. Oguz, from Edinburgh, admitted being concerned in the supply of the Class A drug, when he appeared at the High Court in the city. Advocate depute John Mac- pherson told the court on 18 December that on September 26 Oguz drove from Edinburgh to London. The prosecutor said: “He took what he thought was £20k cash to an address there.” Oguz later told police that he was asked by a man to collect a bag from an unknown male in Edinburgh and when he turned up at the address a bag was put in the vehicle. He was told to drive the bag to London and was provided with an address. When he arrived, he was met by men he did not know who
took the bag.
Mr Macpherson said: “He went for a cigarette and on his return was informed that there was a package in the glove box.
“He said that he thought the package was something valuable, duly locked the glove box and drove back to Edinburgh.” He told police that he was due to deliver the package to the same area of Edinburgh where he previously collected the cash. The prosecutor said that the cocaine recovered was a recognised kilo deal with a value of £40k but with the potential to be worth pounds £201k at street level purity for one gram deals. Judge, John Morris KC, deferred sentence on Oguz until February 1.
WINSFORD CABBIE CHARGED WITH DRINK DRIVING ON WAY TO SCHOOL RUN
A female cabbie on her way to do a school run has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving. A police officer saw Lacramioara
Giurgea, 46, driving a Kia Sportage, erratically in Winsford at 8.50am on Thursday December 14. Posting on social media, Winsford
CABBIE ARRESTED IN BURNLEY FOR DRINK DRIVING ON NEW YEAR’S EVE
Police officers carried out drink and drug drive checks in Colne Road, Burnley on New Year’s Eve. While the police said that 99 per cent of the drivers they stopped blew zero at the roadside, one driver did not. A spokesperson for the police said:
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“Team 5 road police unit officers have been conducting drink/drug drive checks on Colne Road Burnley. “99% blew zero but surprisingly a taxi driver provided a positive sample of 56 against the legal limit of 35 and was duly arrested.”
Police said: “A police officer on the way to work noticed a white Kia hitting kerbs and being driven at approximately 10mph. “It was noted that the Kia was displaying taxi registration plates.” The officer followed the vehicle to a house in Winsford. Uniformed officers arrived and conducted a roadside breath test with the driver, who blew 130 at the roadside,” the post continued. “The legal limit being 35. “She was arrested and we gave her a free lift to Middlewich custody.” The woman has been charged and bailed to appear at Crewe Magistrates Court on Thursday January 11.
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