Notorious Scots coke cartel hood ‘The Captain' has house and cars torched by maniac rivals
MOB BOSS CRONY TARGETED Notorious Scots coke cartel hood 'The Captain' has house and cars torched by maniac rivals
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A COCAINE kingpin's house was firebombed after he was let home from jail to visit family, we can reveal.
Paul 'The Captain' Fleming, 40, had his front door and two cars parked outside torched less than 12 hours after he was freed from Castle Huntly open nick on leave.
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Cocaine trafficker Paul 'The Captain' Fleming was targeted
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Sources claimed culprits were acting under orders of caged hitman Barry Harvey
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It happened less than 12 hours after he was freed from Castle Huntly nick on leave
Cops are understood to have issued him with an Osman 'threat to life' warning after visiting him in prison near Dundee following the chilling attack.
Sources claimed the culprits were acting under the orders of caged hitman Barry Harvey, 37, when they targeted the pad in Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow.
The feared gun thug is said to have had a bust-up with Fleming — jailed for almost ten years for smuggling coke into the UK in solar panels alongside Scots cartel boss James 'The Don' White.
An insider said last night: 'Fleming was only home half a day when four guys burned two of his cars and his house.
'Harvey has a personal gripe with Fleming and he's said to be behind it.
'Everybody knows Harvey is a dangerous guy and even though he's inside he still has the connections and power to go after his enemies.'
None of the guys in Castle Huntly can stand Fleming. Police have been up to serve him an Osman warning. He's in real danger
Our source
It is believed married dad-of-four Fleming was due to be home for a week but had his leave cancelled after the attack just after 1am on July 17.
Harvey was jailed for at least 29 years in March last year for shooting dead gym boss Gary More, 32, in Airdrie in 2018.
He was part of a crew also nailed for murdering Rafal Lyko, 36, in Blantyre, plus a bid to kill Scott Bennett, 43, in Rutherglen, near Glasgow.
Our source added: 'None of the guys in Castle Huntly can stand Fleming.
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"Police have been up to serve him an Osman warning. He's in real danger.'
We told how Fleming and White made millions through the coke in solar panels racket.
They were snared when cops cracked the secret EncroChat phones used by mobs to direct operations.
Everybody knows Harvey is a dangerous guy and even though he's inside he still has the connections and power to go after his enemies
An insider
Fleming fled to Alicante, Spain, in 2019 but was extradited back to Britain to face justice two years ago.
He was ordered to pay back just £126,000 during a proceeds of crime hearing in February — despite amassing at least £2million from the plot.
White got almost a decade in jail in 2023 for masterminding the global operation.
Police said: 'We were called to a report of a wilful vehicle fire in Bishopbriggs. Enquiries continue.'
The Scottish Prison Service said: 'We do not comment on individuals.'
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Fleming was the right-hand man to cartel boss James 'The Don' White
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It happened less than 12 hours after he was freed from Castle Huntly nick on leave
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