A Hawick man was jailed for five months after throwing prescription drugs from a car stopped by police.
Alexander Higgins, 42, a front-seat passenger in the vehicle, threw a package containing 120 tablets out of the window as police approached. The prescribed medication had earlier been reported missing from a Duns hotel.
Higgins, of Glebemill Street, appeared from custody at Jedburgh Sheriff Court (pictured) last Friday and admitted intentionally obstructing police on the A698 Hawick-Denholm road on April 14 last year.
Prosecutor Tessa Bradley told how prescription medication was reported missing from the White Swan Hotel and Higgins named as the likely culprit.
Police switched on their vehicle’s blue flashing lights and stopped a car in which Higgins was travelling, but as the officers approached, the accused threw a package out of the window.
“It landed on the grass verge and there were 120 white prescription tablets in packaging,” added the prosecutor.
Defending, Rory Bannerman said the tablets were worth about £35 to £40.
The lawyer told the court his client was currently serving a four-year jail term for being concerned in the supply of heroin, adding that he was not due for release until early 2016.
“He was involved in the drug scene at the time and threw the package out of the window,” he explained.