Scots cocaine kingpins who dubbed themselves The Lambros face losing supercars

Two drug kingpins who dubbed themselves The Lambros face losing their supercars as prosecutors target them under proceeds of crime laws.

David Stephen and Shaun Brown are behind bars after being caught masterminding a £12m cocaine importation ring.

They used their DX Home Improvements firm as a cover for their criminal enterprise, which saw them importing class A drugs and selling them on.

The firm appeared to be a thriving legitimate company and they managed to secure a deal as shirt sponsors for Scottish Premiership side Motherwell FC.

But they were actually pocketing a fortune in crime profits and used the criminal cash to treat themselves to a number of luxury items.

As well as watches, properties and holidays, they splashed out on matching Lamborghinis and dubbed themselves The Lambros.

They boasted of their success on social media and showed their friends and followers pictures of their splurges and posted snaps posing next to their supercars.

Stephen got a personal reg for his Lamborghini and also splashed out on a Bentley with a private reg - both bearing his initials.

They were caught by police in Stephen's Lamborghini Urus, which cost over £200,000, after he'd come back to Scotland from Dubai.

And the 30-year-olds, of Hamilton, Lanarkshire, face losing the vehicles as part of a proceeds of crime case.

After they were jailed for six years and eight months on Wednesday, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service said: "Both men will now be subject to confiscation action under Proceeds of Crime legislation to recover monies illegally obtained."

A hearing has been scheduled for later this year, and the cars are earmarked for forfeiture as part of the court action.

They were brought down by a National Crime Agency probe which revealed they had used the Encrochat communication network.

The encrypted phone system had been infiltrated by officers, who discovered Stephen used the name Narrowninja to orchestrate their lucrative racket, while Brown went by the names Castlenut and Simplebull.

They embarked on their drug ring at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in early to mid 2020, buying around 5kg of cocaine.

They bulked out the drug to half strength - commonly known as '50/50' - giving them around 10kg to sell at £60 per gram and netting them around £600,000.

Stephen kept such a close grip of their drug business that he forked out on a fake cash detector and banknote counter for their takings.

But their crimes caught up with them in December when Stephen headed back to Scotland from Dubai.

After leaving the first-class Emirates Airlines flight he and Brown, who was in the passenger seat of his Lamborghini, headed to a Morrison's petrol station in Cambuslang, near Glasgow.

Six mobile phones were found on the pair, along with £1,000 in UAE Dirhams and £750 in cash.

Analysis of the phones revealed they had bought and sold 125kg of cocaine at the tail end of last year.

The High Court in Glasgow heard the 125kg alone had a street value of £11,250,000, and that they banked profits of £230,000 last November.