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Town mourns traffic warden
By dailyrecord.co.uk
Published: 04/10/2009

A TRAFFIC warden who once booked Sir Sean Connery and helped nab the crooks behind one of the world's biggest drugs hauls has died.

Sandy Bennett famously wrote a ticket for the 007 star when he parked his Land Rover on double yellow lines in Kingussie, Inverness-shire.

And in 1991, as a special constable, he helped chase and stop a drug runners' van, leading to the seizure of cocaine worth more than £100million.

Sandy, who was 65, earned an MBE from the Queen for his services to the public.

He died after losing his battle against cancer - two days after celebrating his 42nd wedding anniversary with wife Isobel.
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