Edinburgh man caught with £21,000 worth of cannabis
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Pa Sinyan was found with thousands of pounds worth of cannabis when police raided his former home in the Capital’s Saughton area in 2021.
Edinburgh Sheriff Court was told officers had to force the front door to the ground floor flat to gain entry where they subsequently found the dealer cowering inside.


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Hide AdA search of the Whitson Road flat uncovered a total of 2980 grams of the Class B drug cannabis, along with bags, scales and several mobile phones.
Fiscal depute Jennifer McLaren said the the drugs were seized and the total street value of the herbal matter amounted to £21,285.
The court heard that police had received intelligence of the drug dealing and the raid on the flat took place at around 8.40am on September 15, 2021.
Sinyan, 40, was arrested and charged and made no reply to caution after he had been taken to Livingston police station for questioning.
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Hide AdLawyer Andrew Docherty, defending, said his client, now of the city’s Gracemount Drive, had no previous convictions and he would reserve his full mitigation to the sentencing hearing.
Sheriff Wendy Sheehan deferred sentence for the preparation of social work reports and restriction of liberty order assessment to next month.
Sinyan pleaded guilty on indictment to being concerned in the supply of the Class B drug cannabis to others at Whitson road, Edinburgh, on September 15, 2021.