Drug baron is jailed for five years
George "Dode" Buchanan preyed on a heroin-addict friend, Robert Gilroy, convincing him to store and sell heroin at his flat in Edinburgh's Craigmillar estate.
Detectives swooped on the former bodybuilder after Gilroy's estranged wife went to police claiming she had been threatened by her husband.
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Hide AdAs well as describing the alleged threats, she gave details of Gilroy's drug-dealing activities alongside a man called "Dode".
Her information enabled officers to raid 50-year-old Gilroy's home in Edinburgh's Castleview Avenue and find heroin worth up to 143,000 there.