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Abbey Wood minicab driver Clive Scales in £200k cocaine bust

A MINICAB driver from Abbey Wood has admitted stashing £200,000 worth of cocaine in his cab.

Clive Scales, of Ampleforth Road, was caught with about 1kg of the Class A drug by police in Woolwich on June 11.

Officers saw him undertaking and crossing from one lane to another before he was pulled over outside the Waterfront Leisure Centre in Woolwich High Street.

Yesterday (June 28) the 53-year-old appeared at Woolwich Crown Court to plead guilty to possessing a Class A drug with intent to supply.

The court heard how the cocaine was found in a carrier bag and two mobile phones in the blue VW Passat Scales was remanded in custody and is due to be sentenced at the same court on July 5.

source: http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news ... aine_bust/

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
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Another one

This is the problem with our trade it's so hard to make a descent living that many are being tempted to make an indescent one !

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

well he will have around 7 years to think about the good , the bad and the ugly.

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Live life with a smile

What a shock.

A London Minicab being involved in something like this?

Unheard of . . . .

another rep trasher

once all this crap has finished doing anything but providing a good service to the public we can all be known as the spivs again just like the old days

oh he's only a cab driver cos he cant do anything else and hes a theif as well so don't pay what he asks he will always be trying to rip you off etc etc


get standards up an keep trash out criminal record no badge end of

Abbey Wood minicab driver Clive Scales jailed for £1m cocaine bust in Woolwich

A MINICAB driver from Abbey Wood who was busted with more than £1million worth of cocaine in his car has been jailed for three years.

Clive Scales, of Ampleforth Road, was caught with about 1kg of the Class A drug by police in Woolwich on June 11.

Officers saw him undertaking and crossing from one lane to another before he was pulled over outside Waterfront Leisure Centre in Woolwich High Street.

The 53-year-old was arrested after white powder was visable on his nose, chin and jacket.

Officers found a bag of cocaine in the boot of his blue VW Passat along with two mobile phones.

Tests showed the drug to be 91 per cent pure with a street value of more than £1million.

During interviewing, Scales admitted being in possession of drugs and was charged with possession with intent to supply.

He pleaded guilty on June 28 at Woolwich Crown Court to possessing a Class A drug with intent to supply, and on Friday (July 5) he was sentenced to three years behind bars.

Greenwich police DC Yeliz Ersiner, said: “I am really pleased with the result of this investigation. "We will pursue anyone involved in drug dealings and will make sure that they are brought before a court.

"The confiscation of the cocaine in question that day has made a serious dent in the profit of local criminals.”

http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/10533 ... _Woolwich/

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin