Some of Scotland's major gangsters have fled to Spain seeking sanctuary.
RICHARD HAYES
HAYES, 56, is the self-styled Godfather of the Costa's Tartan Mafia. He built a huge fortune from his Fuengirola base.
Chief Inspector Francisco Lara, of the local drugs squad, said: "He is as clever as they come. He lives and breathes drug smuggling."
In 2002, Hayes was nabbed by police over a £3.6million cannabis bust.
JAMES RAE
RAE is a former mercenary who grew too big for Scotland. The 56-year-old - known as Missile Jim - spent 10 years carving out a drugs empire from his penthouse in Fuengirola. He fled Britain in the mid-80s to escape car theft and weapons charges. Rae smuggled drugs and guns across the world using luxury motors as a cover.
TONY McVEY
McVEY was the ruthless leader of one of Scotland's biggest supply rings before fleeing to Spain. The scar-faced 44-year-old now spends his time in his luxury villa near Palma Nova on Majorca. He built a crime empire on Glasgow's club scene. In 1994, he was named in a High Court trial as the Mr Big behind a £14million heroin seizure.
