John Bonner, Christopher Laycock and David Kelly were snared after a police sting in January 2022.
Three gangsters have been jailed over a plot to smuggle a large quantity of cocaine and heroin into Scotland hidden inside fake solar panel generators. John Bonner, Christopher Laycock and David Kelly were found to be part of a money-laundering and drugs-trafficking scheme after their criminal activities were exposed in a police sting in January 2022.
said the generators had the capacity of holding up to 400kg of controlled drugs, which prosecutors believed would then be ferried back from Alicante. Police Scotland said the three were arrested as part of Operation Buggy, an investigation into drug trafficking into Scotland from Spain between March 2020 and January 2022, and Operation Escalade, a high-profile probe into one of the country's top-tier and most prolific serious organised crime groups.
said the men had known links to crime bosses James White and Paul Fleming, who are currently serving lengthy sentences for their involvement in Operation Buggy and Operation Escalade. The involvement of all three accused was further exposed from messages recovered from the EncroChat communications platform favoured by criminals. In one message with White, Laycock said he had checked a vehicle in which cash had been hidden and said it had 'more than he thought'.
, said: 'This is a significant prosecution. 'These three individuals played pivotal roles in a coordinated operation to import huge quantities of illegal and harmful drugs into Scotland from abroad. 'They are now serving lengthy prison sentences thanks to an extensive police operation, working with , to investigate a network of drug supply. 'I hope these convictions and the sentence send a strong message to others involved in this kind of criminal behaviour and demonstrates the ability of police and prosecutors to investigate, prepare and prosecute serious and organised crime of this nature. 'With each case of this kind we can help reduce the harm that these drugs inflict on Scotland's communities.
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