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Criminal career of one of Scotland's most notorious drug smugglers on hold - for now

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James Davidson's conviction has put a stop - for now - to the criminal career of one of Scotland's most notorious drug smugglers.

The 58-year-old was jailed yesterday alongside David Mullarkey, Ellis Hardy and Wayne Smith for a total of 22 years after police seized a haul of high-purity cocaine worth up to £10million during a raid at a kitchen firm in Hillington industrial estate near Glasgow.

Davidson was a key member of the high-level drug gang headed by the country's most wanted men, James and Barry Gillespie. The gang made their own encrypted mobile phones, used signal jammers and counter surveillance and had dozens of fake passports to help them stay one step ahead of the authorities.Davidson was such a key figure to the group he continued to act as a drug smuggler after previously being caught with a £31million shipment that was seized by police.In 2009, then aged 45, he was nabbed in France, in the country's biggest ever cocaine bust.The bungled smuggling operation saw Davidson and fellow Scot Kenneth Ross arrested after cocaine was found stashed among a load of cash registers and coffee.The 684kg shipment, which was so big it filled 1500 boxes, was found in a lorry in the southern city of Montpellier.Davidson and Ross spent three years awaiting trial in France over the discovery, but were released in 2012 and allowed to go home after claiming they had no idea there were drugs on board.Davidson's conviction in the latest case shows how important he was to the gang headed by the Gillespies.An underworld source said last night: "Davidson was a key player in the gang, who were by far and away the biggest importers of drugs and weapons into Scotland - specifically cocaine."These guys were importing incredible

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