'Road trip' pair admit drugs haul

18 March 2013 Last updated at 10:00 ET

A man said he thought he was only on a "wee road trip" after being caught in a friend's car with drugs worth 500,000.

Steven Gibb, 20, from Falkirk, and John Gorrian, 49, from West Lothian, had cannabis and amphetamine in May 2013.

Gibb denied to police he had been drug trafficking and said he joined Gorrian on a trip in case he got "bored".

However, the pair admitted being concerned in the supply of the Class B drugs when they appeared at the High Court in Glasgow.

Judge Lord Kinclaven remanded the pair in custody and deferred sentencing for reports.

The pair had picked up the consignment next to the ground of English League One side Coventry City before being arrested on their return to Scotland.

The court heard how Gorrian picked up a hired car in Bathgate, West Lothian on 4 May 2012 and headed south with his friend Gibb.

Police tailed the vehicle to a car park at Coventry's Ricoh Arena stadium.

Gorrian initially collected a package stuffed with amphetamine from a nearby car before four boxes of cannabis were also picked up.

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