The dramatic moment Paul Ferris was dragged through a car window by cops during his arrest for smuggling machine guns to Scotland has been relived by the officer who led the operation.
Former Scotland Yard senior investigating officer Michael Hallowes has spoken out for the first time to tell how Ferris was captured as part of a probe involving MI5, Strathclyde Police, and the South-East Regional Crime Squad (SERCS).
In Operation Abonar, Hallowes’ new book on the undercover investigation, the former cop tells how Ferris had three MAC-10 submachine guns, Uzi magazines, silencers and dozens of blue-tipped and copper-jacketed 9mm ammunition in an Opal Fruits box. Hallowes said underworld figure Ferris, 59, planned to use the deadly weapons to “settle a gangland feud in Glasgow”.
