A GANGSTER known as “The Captain” was jailed for nine years yesterday over Scotland’s biggest drugs, guns and dirty cash cartel.
Paul Fleming, right-hand man to James “The Don” White admitted running a major cocaine importation and distribution racket.
The 39-year-old used fake solar panels firm Adastra Off Grid to flood Scotland with narcotics and laundered dirty cash by buying designer watches.
He took over the global network after the disappearance of kingpin brothers James and Barry Gillespie, aged 50 and 46, in Brazil in 2019. Fleming’s jailing is the latest linked to Police Scotland’s Operation Escalade sting.
White, 46, was sent to prison for nine years 10 months last week.
This story is from the August 18, 2023 edition of Daily Record.
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