A travel agent who vowed to go on a mercy mission to war-torn Ukraine was arrested weeks later after a failed gun smuggling plot.
Liam Sneddon and two associates were held in May 2022 after delivery of a Glock 17 pistol into Scotland was intercepted by US law enforcement. The 34 year-old is now behind bars after he pled guilty at the High Court in Glasgow to a charge of being involved in serious organised crime.
Just three months before his arrest, Sneddon had launched a social media appeal pledging to join the efforts to help those affected by the war in Ukraine. In a Facebook posting, he stated: "I am running a bus this week into Ukraine with supplies, taking women and children out to places of safety.
