Four Scots jailed after big cocaine seizure on island

FOUR Scots have been sentenced to between five and eight years following a cocaine seizure in Jersey.

Two kilograms of the drug, worth 156,000, was discovered by police in a Ford Transit in June 2009.

Yesterday, Alan Hudson, 40, originally from Rutherglen, William Prentice, 37, who was born in Glasgow but lived in Jersey, and Christopher Whitelaw, 33, from Lanarkshire, were all sentenced to eight years.

Mark Hutchison, 29, from Hamilton, was sentenced to five years in prison.

Detective Chief Inspector Neil Thomson, of Hamilton police office, said: "Strathclyde Police is delighted with the result of this case, which is a great example of partnership working between the Jersey and Strathclyde police."