A STONEMASON who led a double life as a respected restorer of ancient monuments and a high-level cocaine dealer is to have almost £15,000 of his assets seized by the Crown.
Graeme Malcolm, whose craftsmanship helped restore a historic archway at Scone Palace, had a luxury home in Spain, a stake in a racehorse, and jetted all over Europe following Rangers FC. However, behind the respectable facade, Malcolm, 45, who lived in Scone, was helping to transport cocaine from Liverpool to Scotland.
On April 22, 2012, police swooped on Malcolm and his accomplices, Perth man Roderick Moncrieff and Liverpudlian Michael Noon, as they drove north with a stash of the class-A drug, said to have had a purchase price of £200,000.
Malcolm was convicted of being concerned in the supply of cocaine and on June 21 last year, at the High Court in Livingston, he was jailed for 10 years.
Moncrieff admitted the charge and was jailed for four years and two months for his role as courier.
Noon was sentenced to five years and seven months.
A confiscation order for £14,699 was made against Malcolm in Edinburgh on Monday under the Proceeds of Crime legislation.
Lindsey Miller, procurator fiscal for organised crime and counter terrorism, said: "Not only do dealers face conviction, imprisonment and the destruction of any drugs seized, but they also face considerable financial scrutiny and the loss of their illegal earnings."
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