Four organised crime gang members who ran an industrial scale amphetamine lab in Scotland have been convicted following a National Crime Agency sting.
The group, who also trafficked heroin and cocaine across the border, used the encrypted communication platform EncroChat to organise their criminal dealings.
The gang was run by kingpin Terence Earle, 48, of St Helens, who went on to recruit Stanley Feerick, 68, from Liverpool and Dumbarton-based Stephen King, 48.