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Two men face jail after heroin haul in Lanarkshire worth £1m
dailyrecord.co.ukA former soldier who survived a high-profile helicopter crash has been jailed for six years after police seized a £1m heroin haul in Lanarkshire.Gary Cowan, 32, was caught driving back to Scotland on the M74 near Lesmahagow in June 2020.He was in a van belonging to garage boss John Craig, 31, who was jailed for eight years after he helped organise the drug trafficking.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android Both were today sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow.They had been convicted in April of being concerned in the supply of heroin.
Both had effectively blamed each other.Cowan's lawyer told the court the ex-Royal Regiment of Scotland soldier continues to suffer the "trauma" of an Army helicopter accident in Catterick Garrison, Yorkshire in 2007 in which a close friend was killed.Cowan, of Paisley, Renfrewshire, turned to crime during the first pandemic lockdown in June 2020.Jurors heard how the eight kilogramme drug haul - some of which was of high purity - could fetch potentially in "excess" of £1m.
Cowan claimed he had been asked to drive to Liverpool to collect car parts by Porsche-driving Craig, who runs a garage in Airdrie.He said he met a man in Merseyside and left him for 10 or 15 minutes with the van.As he later returned north, up to 10 officers and three police cars swooped on Cowan on the
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