William Paterson, 37, of Glasgow, was sentenced in August 2024 after he pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine.
The charge was aggravated by a connection to Serious Organised Crime.
At the High Court in Edinburgh on 30 March 2026, the Court made a confiscation order in the sum of £46,370 and recorded that the benefit of criminal conduct was £205,000.
The confiscation order can be revisited if further assets belonging to Paterson are identified in the future to be paid towards the full amount that was determined as the benefit of the crime.
Prosecutor Sineidin Corrins, of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS), said:
“This confiscation underscores the fact that prosecution of those involved in Serious Organised Crime does not stop at criminal conviction and sentencing.
“Even after that conviction was secured, the Crown pursued Proceeds of Crime action to ensure the funds William Paterson obtained illegally were confiscated.
“Confiscation orders have ongoing financial consequences, meaning the Crown can seek to recover further assets from William Paterson in the future to ensure he pays back the full amount.”
At a previous hearing, the court heard how Paterson disposed of cocaine worth hundreds of thousands of pounds in the street during a high-speed police car pursuit.
He discarded nine kilos of the Class A drug concealed in a black box beside a residential housing estate near Hogganfield Loch, Glasgow, in March 2023.
He later drove his Mercedes car straight at an unmarked police car.
Officers carried out surveillance on Paterson as part of Operation Windstriker, which focused on the activities of an organised crime gang responsible for the sale and supply of drugs throughout the West of Scotland.
They spotted Paterson, described as a personal trainer, collecting a black plastic box from another male in the Springboig area of Glasgow and placing it in the boot of his Mercedes before driving away.
He was eventually stopped following a high-speed chase after trying to evade capture.
Detectives who searched the car found £6,370 in loose bank notes, but there was no sign of the black box.
However, they retraced Paterson’s route during the pursuit and discovered the container on a street across from Hogganfield Loch, where its contents were revealed.
The street value of the retrieved cocaine was placed between £719,040 and £898,000.