In 1989 the same area was one of the most crime-ridden and deprived in Scotland.
over for its ship building and football team.
Its cells were just as grim but did not seem to deter the many local villains who frequented them on a regular basis. In early 1989 police discovered a team of young drug dealers were operating in Wine Alley, led by older man Eddie Burnside. One flat was chosen in Wine Alley and a second across the road in a collection of tower blocks called Iona Court.
He liked nothing better than to throw empty drugs packets out of his window and watch a crowd of desperate addicts scrambling for them. He was able to give police precise details of the drug operation Burnside was running and the names of his associates.The local hire firm in Govan wasn't aware that their customer was a drug dealer.When they checked the mileage they realise it was being used for much longer trips of up to 600 miles a time.
When the car stopped at lights in Helen Street it was surrounded by the surveillance team who arrested the driver and seized the heroin which had a street value of £50,000 - worth £125,000 today.
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