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Jun 2025
52m 24s

Scotland's Narco Blood Feud Explodes!

The Underworld Podcast
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When cops on the English coast busted a bid to bring in a huge shipment of cocaine in 2020, it sent shockwaves through the underworld hundreds of miles north in Scotland, where the drugs were destined for, and reignited a bitter feud between the Lyons and Daniel crime families that had simmered for almost two decades. Today, with a third, international gang ... Show More
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