James ‘The Don' White's cousin used kids' treat to smuggle drugs into jails amid £126m narcotics plot
BEHIND BARS James 'The Don' White's cousin used kids' treat to smuggle drugs into jails amid £126m narcotics plot
JAMES 'The Don' White's cousin has been caged for eight years after helping his £126million supergang flood the country with drugs.
Charles McAllister, 53, was recruited by his mob boss relative and arranged for narcotics to be smuggled into jails inside balloons or Kinder eggs.
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McAllister directed other hoods to smuggle narcotics into HMP Addiewell
Credit: John Kirkby
But the plot was foiled when detectives bugged the hood's home in Glasgow's east end and listened in as he chatted about cocaine, heroin, cannabis, 'Zombie' drug spice, mephedrone and street Valium deals.
McAllister directed others involved in serious and organised crime in the scheme to introduce a range of narcotics into HMP Addiewell in West Lothian.
Judge Lord Renuccii told McAllister: 'You were not only a trusted member of the organisation, you had a significant role in it.'
He said that McAllister - who earlier pleaded guilty at the High Court in Glasgow - was 'at the very least at a senior management level'.
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He said that a significant aggravation in the case was the plan to introduce drugs, including cocaine and heroin, into the jail system.
During the police operation an accomplice of McAllister and co-accused Stephen Lamb, 54, was seen making a drugs delivery and officers carried out a raid at the property.
HGV driver Lamb was jailed for five years and four months for his role.
Defence counsel Allan McLeod, for McAllister, said he acted under direction from White. White, 47, is currently serving a 10 year sentence.
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He said: 'He felt at the time this was an offer he could not refuse.'
Brian McConnachie KC, for Lamb, said his involvement came about because of debts through gambling and cocaine use.
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He said Lamb was 'a glorified gopher' in the organisation.
Sineidin Corrins, Depute Procurator Fiscal for Specialist Casework at the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS), said: 'This is a significant prosecution. These two individuals played pivotal roles in a coordinated operation to distribute illegal and harmful drugs.'
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Both men will now face confiscation under Proceeds of Crime laws to recover monies illegally obtained.
McAllister has also been made subject of a Serious Crime Prevention Order for a period of five years on his release from custody which is designed to prevent him from re-offending.
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