Lanarkshire kitchen company boss jailed for his part in £10m cocaine smuggling operation

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The managing director of a kitchen company has been jailed for more than six years for his part in a £10 million cocaine smuggling operation.David Mullarkey was one of four men sentenced to a total of 22 year after cops uncovered a large quantity of the drug when they raided the premises of DM Kitchens in Hillington, Renfrewshire.The high-purity class-A drug had been stowed in an HGV that was meant to be carrying Belgian waffles in June 2019.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Davidson had driven the drugs, which were up to 84 per cent pure, to the Hillington kitchens showroom in the HGV.Cops etimated that the if mixed with cutting agents and sold in street deals the cocaine would be worth around £9.96m.All four had already entered guilty pleas to