A major Scottish gangland figure is set to face a "hidden assets" action aimed at seizing millions of pounds of illicit profits under a proceeds of crime action .

James "The Don" White could end up facing a longer prison sentence than the one he is currently serving if the Crown secure a court ruling in its favour and he fails to pay up.

White, 48, was jailed for nine years and 10 months in 2023 for directing others in a violent, international drug gang that had access to a fearsome collection of guns .

The judge who jailed White, Lord Colbeck, told him: "The offence to which you have pled guilty is one of the utmost seriousness, involving a degree of criminality seldom seen by the courts in Scotland."

White was a leading figure of the serious organised crime group run by bro

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