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A horse dealer who tried to smuggle 25kg (55lb) of cannabis into Belfast has been given a confiscation order of £80,000.
Drugs with a street value of £750,000 were found in Laurence McAllister's horse box at Stranraer in April 2012.
McAllister, 59, from Kells, County Antrim, was heading back to Northern Ireland when officers at the Cairnryan ferry port discovered the haul.
He was jailed for five years and six months in October 2012.
The cannabis resin was found in four hessian sacks which were stored in the vehicle alongside two horses.
He was later fined £13,500 over animal cruelty charges and for transporting a horse without a valid passport.
The confiscation order was made at the High Court in Edinburgh.
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Lindsey Miller, procurator fiscal for organised crime and counter terrorism, said: "Those involved in the trade of drugs are quickly learning that Scotland is becoming...
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