COCAINE UNITED; EXCLUSIVE REHAB CLUB HAS GANGLAND LINKS: This thug dealer sponsors anti-drugs football team.Byline: By DEREK ALEXANDER A FOOTBALL team for ex-addicts is being sponsored by a drug-dealing thug. Cocaine king Isaac McPhee, 37, has formed a close friendship with Renfrewshire United boss John Plott, 40. McPhee has even stumped up cash to back the anti-drugs team and had his family name painted on the team's Mercedes bus under a saltire flag emblazoned with the words 'RU against drugs?' Plott set up Renfrewshire United 10 years ago to help young people get off drugs and has been given thousands of pounds by businesses in the area after spreading an anti-drugs message. But respectable businessmen and bosses of West of Scotland
Steroid-injecting McPhee who has links to gangland heavy Grant McIntosh rakes in a fortune selling heroin, cocaine and valium. A Sunday Mail investigator made contact with him on his mobile phone. We arranged to buy a gram of cocaine from him outside a bookmakers in Renfrew. McPhee was accompanied by an equally-burly associate called Rab. Wearing his trademark tracksuit track·suit n. A loose-fitting jacket and pants worn by athletes and exercisers usually before and after workouts. tracksuit Noun a warm loose-fitting suit worn by athletes etc., esp. , McPhee handed over the drugs and pocketed the cash outside the Ladbrokes shop. Later, our investigator arranged to buy 100 valium tablets from him for pounds 50. Valium is a strong sedative sedative, any of a variety of drugs that relieve anxiety. Most sedatives act as mild depressants of the nervous system, lessening general nervous activity or reducing the irritability or activity of a specific organ. which cocaine users take when the effects of the illegal drug start to wear off. McPhee boasted loudly: 'I am doing everything in Renfrew. I own Renfrew. I'm doing blues (valium) at 100 for pounds 50. That's the price and there's no budging. 'I'm with some people just now cutting a bit of brown (heroin) and white (cocaine). 'Call meback in 20minutes and I'll drop them off to you.' McPhee regularly calls on Plott to run errands for him including picking up his toddler son from his estranged partner. Last week, Plott also raced to McPhee's rescue when the red Astra he was driving broke down in the east end of Glasgow. The pair ended up abandoning it and Plott gave McPhee a lift home in a Ford Mondeo The Ford Mondeo is a large family car sold by the Ford Motor Company in various markets throughout the world. The name "Mondeo" is derived from the Latin for world, mundus. decked out in his Renfrewshire United colours and the slogan 'RU against drugs?' Plott is regularly seen driving the club's Mondeo, which is also adorned with the club's distinctive badge the scales of justice Scales of Justice can refer to:
McPhee is a regular supporter at Renfrewshire United matches and sometimes travels on the team bus. One local said: 'It's an absolute disgrace that Plott bangs his drum about being anti-drugs yet hangs around with McPhee and takes his money to sponsor the team. 'It makes a mockery of everyone else who has supported what he said the club was all about. 'It's well known in Renfrew Isaac McPhee is a drug dealer and the police have been itching to get their hands on him for ages. It makes mesick to see him sitting in the passenger seat of the team car. 'His friendship with Plott makes a joke of the faith respectable people in Renfrew have shown the club.' The club is backed by a number of businesses in the town including Frontline Security, which has links to gangster Paul Ferris. United players were delighted last year when a local company donated their luxury team bus. The team mid-table in the West of Scotland Third Division hit the headlines by dying their hair blue and green to fight religious bigotry. Their strip also incorporates Rangers and Celtic colours to cross Scotland's sectarian divide. McPhee arrived in Renfrew from Crieff, Perthshire, some years ago and has a reputation for being a loudmouthed loud·mouth n. Informal One given to loud, irritating, or indiscreet talk. loud  mouthed bully.
He has an extensive criminal record, including convictions for violence. Earlier this month, he and three men attacked a man with a hatchet hatchet: see tomahawk. after a Renfrewshire United match. Another Renfrew dealer went into hiding after he failed to pay off a drugs debt to McPhee. A source added: 'He thinks he is untouchable untouchable Former classification of various low-status persons and those outside the Hindu caste system in Indian society. The term Dalit is now used for such people (in preference to Mohandas K. but his arrogance will catch him out. It's only a matter of time before he ends up behind bars.' Whenwe confronted McPhee,he said: 'I wish I was a drugs dealer.' He then shouted abuse at our reporter. John Plott was unavailable for comment.www.oceanestates.com CAPTION(S): The clean machine: Renfrewshire United's players include ex-addicts and the club's message is anti-drugs despite the fact their founder has links with team sponsor and cocaine dealer Isaac McPhee; Making a mockery: Drug-dealing thug McPhee smiles smugly as he poses with his son beside the team bus which carries his family name among those of the other respectable sponsors of the anti-drugs club |
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