A drug baron who crossed swords with Donald Trump has been ordered to pay up £48,600 in criminal profits.
Dealer Jason McAllister was jailed for more than five years after he admitted being linked to a £60,000 stash seized from waste ground at a remote spot at Tyrebagger to the north of Aberdeen.
The 37-year-old, who ran into opposition when he tried to open a dog kennels and cattery near the Trump International golf course at Menie, faced further court action as prosecutors tried to claw back earnings, which they said were from the drug trade.
McAllister, formerly of Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, contested the claims, saying his bank balance had been swelled by property deals.
However, judge Lord Boyd has now ruled in favour of the Crown and will issue his reasons, in writing, later.
Advocate depute Barry Divers and defence advocate Jonathan Crowe told the High Court in Edinburgh yesterday that their accountants had met after being told what the legal opinion was likely to be and had agreed a figure for McAllister’s illegal profits.
The judge ordered McAllister, currently being held in Castle Huntley open prison, to pay the full £48,600 of the confiscation order within six months.
McAllister was jailed for 10 years in 2003 for his part in a planned £1.8million heroin deal.
His brother, Derek, was also jailed for twelve years.
Following his release Jason McAllister went back to his old ways, until he was caught again in September 2011.
The court heard police kept watch on his movements and found 250 grammes of cocaine on a man who had been seen talking to him.
The seizure led to a search of waste ground where 50% pure cocaine, together with a “bulking agent” used to dilute the drug for sale on the streets, was found in a rucksack under rocks.
Dummy packages were substituted for the drug and left as a trap for McAllister.
In court he claimed he had been forced into dealing again by a huge drug debt.
Before being sent back to prison, McAllister had been linked to plans to turn a property at Menie Cottage in Aberdeenshire into dog kennels and a cattery.
The site is next to land which Donald Trump wanted to develop as part of his luxury golf resort. His lawyers objected, saying the noise from the dogs and cats would disturb the peace of guests.
In 2003, McAllister gained notoriety as Scotland’s fastest speeder after he was caught driving at 156.7mph on the A90 between Aberdeen and Dundee.