Children's nurse admits supplying cocaine and ecstasy in Glasgow

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5 days ago

A children's nurse is facing jail after she admitted supplying cocaine and ecstasy.Kiran Farooq, 34, was arrested after police followed her to a car park in the Finnieston area of Glasgow on 30 December 2023.Officers went on to seize hauls of cocaine, ecstasy and cash worth £200,000 from a nearby flat she had the keys for.At the High Court in Glasgow the judge described her crimes as "quite extensive drug trafficking" and deferred sentencing for reports.
Lord Mulholland added: "You shamed yourself and your profession."It is a tragedy for you and for those affected by your drug dealing. "This will inevitably result in a prison sentence, quite an extensive one."Farooq, who was a nurse at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow, has since resigned.
The court heard she was arrested over the festive season in 2023 after officers saw her briefly entering and leaving a car before returning to her own vehicle.Prosecutor Mark Mohammed KC said: "Police suspected they had observed a drugs transaction."Farooq was followed to a secure car park at flats in the city's Lancefield Quay, where she was stopped.Officers initially seized almost £12,000 inside a small carrier bag in the car.They then looked through the letterbox of the flat and spotted an open bag, which appeared to contain drugs.Cocaine and ecstasy were recovered from the property along with a quantity of cash and drug dealing paraphernalia.This included a consignment of cocaine that had a purity of up to 77 per cent, thousands of ecstasy pills and the drug in crystal form.Police also seized a substance used to bulk out narcotics to maximise profits for dealers, along with a number of sets of scales and part of a kitchen blender.A further £26,000 of cash in mixed notes was recovered.
Farooq, of Glasgow's Yorkhill, admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine and ecstasy.She had been accused of being involved in the supply of other drugs - including ketamine, cannabis and bromazolam - but prosecutors accepted her not guilty pleas to those charges.Farooq was remanded in custody and will be sentenced next month.