COPS BUG ONE BMW AND SNARE FOUR COKE DEALERS; Coup for spy operation.Byline: Wilma Riley A DRUG boss was snared by a police sting after buying a bugged BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. from another coke dealer. Brian McCulloch, 39, was involved in a multi-million-pound scam, along with Steven Caddis, 30, Stephen Jamieson, 26, and Gary Caddis, 28. But they were put under surveillance during Operation Lockdown, which involved scores of officers from the Serious Crime and Drugs Enforcement Agency and Strathclyde Police Strathclyde Police is the police force for the Scottish council areas of Argyll and Bute, City of Glasgow, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire. from August 2007 to February 2009. During that time, a listening device was planted in the BMW X A small five-cylinder radial engine for sport and training aircraft. Although this engine, the BMW X, proved successful at several large-scale events in 1930, including that year's round-Europe flight, only a few were built. A successor model, the BMW Xa, was introduced in 1931. 5 while it belonged to Jamieson. But he sold the vehicle to McCulloch. Prosecutor Iain McSporran told the High Court in Glasgow: "This may not have been the happiest purchase he has ever made." Much of the talk during the conversation monitored focused on wealth accumulated from the drug trade. On December 20, 2007, Jamieson was heard discussing going to Bathgate, West Lothian, to buy a pounds 115,000 Lamborghini. On another occasion, McCulloch talked about someone called "Jake" who he supplied with cocaine and who made pounds 48,000 a month. McCulloch, Steven Caddis and Jamieson were also overheard on a trip south to buy a dog, Benzo, for Jamieson which cost pounds 1800. Two cocaine factories in Clydebank and Glasgow were raided during the operation. Yesterday, all four admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine. Jamieson also admitted money laundering The process of taking the proceeds of criminal activity and making them appear legal. Laundering allows criminals to transform illegally obtained gain into seemingly legitimate funds. . Sentence was deferred for reports and they were remanded in jail. CAPTION(S): TRAP: Bugged car was sold to McCulloch |
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