Scots oil worker caught in £40m cocaine plot after botched bid to fish drugs from sea

Daily Record Wednesday 22nd July 2026, 5:06PM 1 min read 4 hours ago

David Paterson, from Peterhead, was part of a gang that tried to recover 500kg of cocaine dumped into the English Channel - but a technical glitch left the crew empty-handed.

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