Gang jailed over £6m drugs haul

Gang members who hid £6m of drugs in a lorry under 19 tonnes of bananas have been jailed for a total of 70 years.

The consignment was seized in one of Scotland's biggest drugs hauls.

It was found hidden beneath a false floor in a trailer driven by Alexander Thom as he drove south of Glasgow.

Ringleader Frank Smith, of Allerton Road, Allerton, Liverpool, was jailed for 25 years after being convicted of two charges of conspiring to supply heroin, cocaine, ecstasy and amphetamines between June 2001 and 21 October 2002.

His right hand man, Anthony O'Toole, 39, of Lapwing Close, West Derby, Liverpool, was jailed for 19 years and 41-year-old Thom, of Cambus Michael Farm, Guild Town, Perth, for 14 years.