A COCAINE courier jailed over a £2.4m haul has vanished just weeks after being released from prison.
Graham Curran, 37, also known as Regi, was nabbed after a drugs handover at a car park in Paisley in August 2020.
The dad-of-four, from Easterhouse, Glasgow, was initially given a community payback order but appeal judges imposed a three year jail term in May last year.
He was recently released after half his sentence - but Police Scotland revealed that he went missing on Wednesday night.
He was last seen around 9.50pm in the Conisborough Road area of the city, close to his home.
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He is described as around 5ft 5ins, of medium build, bald, with blue eyes.
Curran has a tattoo on his left arm in a ‘sleeve’ style and a tattoo on his right wrist with letters.
Inspector Francis Igwe said: “Concerns are growing for Graham’s welfare, and we want to ensure he is safe and well.
“Anyone who has seen Graham or his car or knows where he might be is asked to get in touch.
“Likewise, if Graham hears about this appeal, I would ask him to make contact with us.”
Curran was ordered to carry out 225 hours of unpaid work under a community payback order in February 2022 after admitting cocaine supply, aggravated by a connection to serious organised crime.
But the Crown challenged the sentence at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh and judges quashed the original sentence and replaced it with a jail term.
The Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, said that Curran would have faced a “significantly longer” prison sentence but for an issue of comparative justice that arose because of sentencing in an associated case.
Lady Dorrian, who heard the appeal with Lord Matthews and Lord Boyd of Duncansby, said they considered the original sentence chosen by the judge who dealt with Curran to be “inexplicable”.
She said that Curran was “a knowing courier” who had willingly engaged in crime for gain with very significant amounts of drugs involved.
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Curran was seen taking part in the handover of the illegal haul to an associate in Paisley.
Allan Ferguson was seen parking a Transit van in Foxbar Crescent, Paisley, before Curran arrived by car and handed over bags to him.
Police recovered a total of 20 kilos (44lbs) of cocaine, which was up to 54 per cent pure, and recovered cash and drug equipment after Ferguson was stopped and a search at his home in Clydebank was carried out.
He was later jailed for four years after admitting cocaine supply and possession of a stun gun.
Advocate depute Alex Prentice QC told the appeal court that in Curran’s case it was “well beyond the custody threshold”.
He said: “It is not a case in which a community based disposal was appropriate.”
The prosecutor said that Curran was playing an important role in the overall supply chain in the illicit drugs trade.
“The respondent (Curran) was participating in an operation which resulted in the transportation of a significant quantity of drugs – some 20 kilograms.”
Mr Prentice said: “This is a case where someone went in with his eyes open and knew what he was doing.”
When he was last seen, Curran was wearing a cream and black/brown Montirex tracksuit with grey and black Nike trainers.
He may be using a silver Volkswagen Golf GT Bluemotion (reg SB64 BRX).
