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ECUADOR COCAINE CASH HOOD JAILED
Daily Record
|March 29, 2025
Scots money man in a drug smuggling racket kept tabs on takings for 'Mr Nice'
A GANGSTER who played a key role in a multi-million pound drug smuggling operation has been jailed for five years.
Stephen Gough helped criminals who imported heroin and cocaine from Ecuador to Scotland between March and June 2020.
He was caught after cracked messages on the EncroChat phone platform tied him to dealing conversations with jailed co-accused Tony Bennett, who went by the nickname Mr Nice.
This story is from the March 29, 2025 edition of Daily Record.
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