Crime lord jailed for running big drugs operation

A MEMBER of a notorious crime family is in jail after running a huge drug empire.

The lucrative operation headed by Peter Fox allowed him to buy expensive jewellery and Rolex watches – some at a £18,000 a time.

Police watched more than 2,000 people – mainly desperate users – turn up for their daily fix at the Fox family headquarters in Calton, Glasgow.

The 41-year-old was finally caught during a large scale investigation – with detectives estimating he took in £42,000-a-month.

Fox was yesterday jailed for eight years at the High Court in Glasgow after he pled guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin and cocaine.

The family had built up a fearsome reputation in the city’s east end over decades.

Their house in Millroad Street was notorious for drug dealing.

The investigation into Fox was inadvertently sparked by an outbreak of botulism in Glasgow in late 2014.

The condition was thought to be linked to contaminated heroin and the drug was believed to have come from dealers in Calton.

As a result, Operation Kapparis was set up – and eventually it saw Fox targeted in May last year.

He was not linked to the botulism but police found he was involved in “substantial” drug dealing.

As officers kept watch on the Fox drug HQ, a total of 2,009 people were recorded turning up to the house during a period of just 15 days.

Fox was recorded arriving each morning in a Volkswagen Golf, sparking a flurry of addicts to turn up for their fix.

Sometimes there was already a queue waiting for him to show up.

The drug dealing was interrupted when a closure order was imposed on the house on November 6.