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VETS OWNER IS DRUGS KINGPIN
Daily Record
|June 30, 2022
£23k coke stash and £49k of hash are found in raid
A GANGSTER has been unmasked as a drug kingpin after being caught with cocaine and cannabis at his vet practice.
Scott Bennett was brought to justice after using his Platinum Pet Care vet business as a base for drug dealing.
A swoop by police on the practice in Strathaven, Lanarkshire, uncovered his part in a drugs empire, using the encrypted EncroChat phone system and codename Original Syrup to run his affairs.
Last October's raid resulted in cocaine worth £23,000 and cannabis of £49,250 found. It could be the tip of the iceberg.
Bennett, 41, pled guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh yesterday, weeks after his vet's practice announced it would be making a major expansion in central Scotland.
This story is from the June 30, 2022 edition of Daily Record.
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