A Scots football scout caught with a £450,000 cocaine haul inside a secret van compartment was rumbled by eagle-eyed cops using a magnet during a search of the vehicle. Jordan McKinlay has been jailed for three years and nine months for his role in supplying drugs and having links to organised crime.
The 30-year-old was arrested by police after they found nine blocks of cocaine stashed in the Renault Kangoo van, which was parked outside his home, in April 2020. He was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow after earlier admitting his role in smuggling the drugs from England to Scotland.
His co-accused, Gary O’ Connell, 23, was imprisoned for four years last December for driving the drugs north across the border in the modified van before handing over the keys to McKinlay. Prosecutors revealed the duo teamed up after a mutual friend said they had a job for them both to do. McKinlay’s role was to provide O’Connell, a joiner, with a van for the return trip to England.
