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Police catch 'erratic' driver with a kilo of cocaine in his car

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A man was caught with a kilogram of cocaine in his car after police spotted him driving 'erratically'. Alan Nisbet, 36, was a courier for a drugs gang that shipped more than seven million pounds of Class A and B drugs around Greater Manchester.

He was jailed for seven years at Manchester Crown Court yesterday (Wednesday) after pleading guilty to a string of drug offences.

Nisbet was stopped by police after officers noticed him 'driving in an erratic manner' through Salford on December 18 of last year.

During a search of his vehicle, officers uncovered a kilogram of cocaine. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. A mobile phone was also recovered from the car and showed that Nisbet had been working as a courier in the wholesale supply of Class A and Class B drugs in the region.

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