Kieran Campbell walked free from Dumbarton Sheriff Court last week after he was caught storing £2,780 worth of amphetamine.

The 28-year-old was busted by police following a tip-off but claimed he had been bullied into holding on to the class B substance by someone else involved in the area’s drugs trade.

Prosecutor Sarah Healing said police launched the raid on Campbell’s one-bedroom flat in the town’s Wilson Street after being told that he was storing drugs there.

At around 3pm on July 11, last year cops forced their way into the property and began searching it.

Officers soon found a carrier bag filled with three other bags of white paste in the bottom shelf of a freezer.

DEALS One of the bags was found to have 10 knotted plastic packages inside of it which all looked like similar half ounce deals worth a combined total of around £400.

The second package was found to have 11 similar looking packages split into one ounce deals worth a total of £880.

The final plastic bag had six packages divided into three ounce deals worth a total of £1,500.

Cops also found a set of digital scales covered in white powder in a kitchen cupboard along with a roll of sandwich bags.

Campbell was eventually found at his work a few days later and was taken to Clydebank Police Office for interview but replied ‘no comment’ to most of the questions put to him. Tom Brown, defending, said Campbell had no previous convictions and had never been involved in drugs.

He told the court that his client had previously carried out decorating work for an unnamed person who had eventually dropped off the drugs at his flat following a row over payment which caused him to feel bullied and threatened.

Mr Brown added: “He felt completely and utterly out of his depth.” Sheriff Colin McKay said: “I have no doubt Mr Brown has made it plain to you that this is a very serious matter and commonly attracts a period of imprisonment.” However, in light of the fact Campbell, of Lansbury Street, Levenvale, hadn’t been in trouble before, Sheriff McKay decided not to jail him and instead ordered him to carry out 300 hours of unpaid work in the community.