Company directors David Stephen and Shaun Brown, both 30, of Hamilton, exchanged thousands of messages with criminal associates on encrypted messaging systems to purchase and sell large quantities of cocaine.
One online image showed Stephen behind the wheel of a Lamborghini car while another showed him wearing a Rolex watch given to him by Brown.
However, prosecutors from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) ingathered evidence that showed their wealth was financed from the purchase, collection, delivery, adulteration, storage and sale of the class A drug which had a combined street value of more than £11million.
The scale of their illicit scheme was revealed in almost 12,000 messages on the encrypted communication Encrochat platform.
They also exchanged images of blocks of cocaine and bundles of wrapped-up criminal cash as well as a money counting machine Stephen purchased online.
Both accused were imprisoned for six years and eight months each at the High Court in Glasgow after admitting a charge of directing others to commit a serious offence between March and June 2020 and, separately, between August and December 2025.
They were also made subject of a Serious Crime Prevention Order which will come into effect for three years following their release from prison.
During the first period of offending in 2020, they communicated with 26 unknown other individuals to direct the trafficking purchase, adulteration and storage of 4.5kg of cocaine.
In the second period of offending in 2025, police identified nine conversations in group chats between both accused and various criminal associates directing them to commit drug-related offences.
Both men were detained by police after Stephen had travelled from Dubai to Scotland on a first-class Emirates flight on December 23, 2025.
They were apprehended in Stephen’s Lamborghini Urus at a petrol station in Cambuslang, Lanarkshire.
A black iPhone belonging to Stephen was later forensically examined and found to contain several installed encrypted messaging apps.
Messages recovered from the phone showed that, at the direction of both accused, a total of 125kg of cocaine was purchased with an estimated street value of £11,250,000.
One image on Instagram also showed Stephen wearing a Rolex watch on his wrist with Brown tagged in alongside the message: “My brother. Thank you."
Another on the same app featured Stephen in a Lamborghini with the comment: "Matching Lambos with my brother. Dreams come true. Grateful for this life.”
Prosecutor Sineidin Corrins, of COPFS, said: “David Stephen and Shaun Brown boasted online of wealth that had been accumulated through criminal activity.
“But they have now been brought fully to account for their crimes.
“This was a coordinated effort to facilitate the movement of significant quantities of illegal and harmful drugs through Scotland.
“These two men are now serving prison sentences thanks to an extensive police operation, working with COPFS, to investigate a network of drug supply.
“We are targeting all people who threaten communities across Scotland, not only drug couriers but also those who direct their movements.
“With each case of this kind we can help reduce the harm these drugs inflict on those communities.”
Both men will now be subject to confiscation action under Proceeds of Crime legislation to recover monies illegally obtained.