Chinese asylum seeker jailed for role in cannabis gang
A major police operation has brought down a Chinese drugs gang who grew vast amounts of cannabis at a former US naval base in the north of Scotland. (...)
Arbroath dad was growing cannabis in the loft
An Arbroath man was growing six cannabis plants in the loft of his family home, a court has heard. (...)
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Proceeds of crime laws allowing record amounts of cash to be seized
Proceeds of crime legislation has been used to seize record amounts of cash from Scots criminals in the past year, including over £100,000 from a Tayside businessman convicted of allowing an old Angus church to be used as a cannabis farm. (...)
Two-year sentence for Liverpudlian drug mule caught at Dundee station
A drugs mule caught on a train in Dundee carrying heroin with a street value of more than £72,000 has been jailed for two years. (...)
Kelty man's cannabis farm was worth £12,000
A Fife man who had 46 cannabis plants with a potential street value in excess of £12,000 was given community service at Dunfermline Sheriff Court. (...)
Cannabis producer avoids prison sentence
A man caught with a veritable farm of cannabis plants at his Perthshire home has avoided a prison sentence. (...)
60 days' jail for Forfar man who feels 'entitled to use cannabis'
An Angus man has been jailed for 60 days because of his "philosophy" that it was his right to use cannabis. (...)
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Drug user Andrew Thomson grew his own cannabis
A self-sufficient Pitlochry man who decided to branch out from growing his own vegetables to cultivating cannabis plants was fined £250 at Perth Sheriff Court. (...)
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Dundee cannabis farm investigation continues
Inquiries are continuing to identify the operators of a cannabis farm set up in a vacant unit on a busy Dundee industrial estate. (...)
'Invited' police found Balmerino cannabis farm
A cannabis farm with a resale value of around £9000 has been uncovered by Fife police — but only after the owner of the property invited them inside. (...)
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Marksist ideology — Dealing drugs Howard's way
At the height of his career, Howard Marks used these to smuggle consignments of up to 30 tons of marijuana from Asia to North America. After seven years in a US penitentiary he wrote the best-selling Mr Nice, which has now been turned into a film that will be released next week. Ahead of his appearance in Dundee, Jack McKeown spoke to the Oxford graduate-turned drug smuggler-turned national treasure. (...)
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Political point scoring not Nice — Howard Marks
Former drug dealer Howard Marks said he does not want to be "used for political point scoring" after the Labour group leader criticised the council for promoting his upcoming event in Dundee. (...)
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Questions over council's promotion of Howard Marks show
The Labour group leader said on Monday night that "serious questions" have to be raised over Dundee City Council's "hypocritical" decision to endorse a stand-up routine by a former drugs trafficker. (...)
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Cannabis shock for 90-year-old Fife man
A 90-year-old Fife man was stunned to find what is believed to be a cannabis plant growing in his garden. (...)
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Cannabis gardener was victim of people traffickers
An illegal Vietnamese immigrant who speaks no English has been sent to prison for two years for being the "gardener" in a drugs factory in a Dunfermline house that stored 300 cannabis plants. (...)
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