A private hire taxi driver who admitted hiding a stash of cocaine and bullets has been jailed for four and a half years.

Craig Patrick, 37, had enough cocaine to fetch £180,000 if sold on the streets, the High Court in Glasgow heard.

The haul was seized last April after police were tipped off that Patrick had drugs in his house at Kenilworth Road, Kirkintilloch.

They smashed his door down to gain entry and found the drugs as well as a stash of 15 bullets.

Peter Gray QC, defending, said Patrick, who admitted the supply and possession charges, had got into debt after the break up of a four-year relationship.

He borrowed £400 and was later told he could pay off the debt by storing the drugs and getting rid of the bullets.

Mr Gray said Patrick had never been involved in any form of crime before, and added: "Since his arrest he's thought of little else other than his sheer folly."