Dundee drug gang member caught with illegal phone card in prison cell

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A member of a "well established" Dundee drugs gang which flooded a city with heroin and cocaine had his jail sentence extended for a second time after being caught with an illegal phone card in his cell.

George Black, 34, was sentenced in 2019 to four years and four months in prison after admitting trafficking heroin for the gang.

Police said at the time that he was part of a "large scale operation" intent on distributing hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of drugs on the streets of Dundee.

He was caught with the illegal SIM-card by prison warders deploying a phone signal detection device on his wing at Glenochil Prison, near Alloa, Clackmannanshire.Alloa Sheriff Court heard on Monday that it showed up activity in his cell, and officers burst in to find Black trying to stuff a mobile phone inside his trousers.Prosector Suzannah Hutchison said the phone was seized and examined, and found to have a standard Vodafone SIM card.The incident occurred around 7pm on June 21st, 2021.DundeeLive brings you the latest headlines from Dundee and beyond.But did you know you all the ways you can stay informed with us?You can get our top stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily news updates.