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A storage unit in Musselburgh was later torchedCredit: PA 6<\/p>\n A garage was set ablaze in Portobello in Edinburgh 6<\/p>\n The warring mobs are taunting their enemies with online videos<\/p>\n The senior ex-detective told how the thugs use chilling montages of their dead-of-night raids as a new way to \u201cthrow down the gauntlet\u201d to police and underworld rivals.<\/p>\n Homes and businesses linked to caged cocaine kingpin Mark Richardson and the Daniel clan have been torched while the carnage was filmed for regular posts on social media.<\/p>\n In one menacing clip, there is a warning: \u201cThis is a message to anyone associated with Mark Richardson.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are only just getting started. We are coming for all of yous.\u201d<\/p>\n Last night former crime-fighter Mr Pearson said the horror footage has led cops to \u201cramp up\u201d their efforts to catch the maniacs leading to the fresh wave of arrests which emerged on Friday.<\/p>\n And he believes video sharing is now a key tactic for thugs looking to intimidate rivals and show their determination to seize control of drugs markets.<\/p>\n Mr Pearson, the former head of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency, said: \u201cVideo is a relatively new development in terms of criminality in Scotland.<\/p>\n \u201cPreviously you didn\u2019t have video and not much on social media.<\/p>\n \u201cIt reflects the campaign. It\u2019s about indicating there isn\u2019t going to be a lot of forgiveness.<\/p>\n \u201cThey are going to keep going until they have achieved whatever it is they decide they want to achieve.<\/p>\n \u201cThey are trying to suggest that no matter what you do, we are going to go about our business.<\/p>\n “The other thing is – and I\u2019m sure the criminals involved will have anticipated this – but that kind of activity will ramp up the police response.<\/p>\n “Not only have they thrown down the gauntlet to their enemies, they have thrown down the gauntlet to the police.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n A fugitive hood known as Miami is thought to be leading the strikes on Richardson\u2019s empire in retaliation over a \u00a3500,000 fake cash cocaine con.<\/p>\n Associates of Richardson\u2019s allies in the Daniel clan have also come under siege.<\/p>\n Masked yobs from a group called Tamo Junto have claimed responsibility for the strikes in the Glasgow and Edinburgh areas.<\/p>\n They included an attack last week on the Edinburgh home of Richardson\u2019s gangland pal, David McMillan.<\/p>\n The 54-year-old, who also has ties to the besieged Daniel crime family, had his plush \u00a31.15 million pad in Edinburgh torched while children were asleep inside.<\/p>\n In another video, the gang used the voice of Scots Tories leader and ex crime reporter Russell Findlay over a clip showing burning buildings and motors.<\/p>\n The maniacs also threatened to \u201cexterminate\u201d anyone connected to the Daniels and Richardson.<\/p>\n In another post, the underworld attackers warned enemies to get out the country.<\/p>\n It read: \u201cEvery associate, every business will be targeted. Leave Scotland immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n Crime gangs monitoring trials to snoop on rivals<\/p>\n Exclusive – By Graham Mann<\/p>\n SEASONED crime gangs sent underlings to court cases in an effort to gather info on rivals and stay one step ahead of the law, a former top cop claims.<\/p>\n Graeme Pearson told how cronies will be ordered to sit on the public benches in Scotland\u2019s high courts as part of an intel-gathering exercise.<\/p>\n The policing expert said gangs learn fast and soak up valuable details revealed in criminal cases to their advantage.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cBear in mind that criminal groups are always aware that prosecutions are part of their lifestyle, they also monitor these trials and go and listen to the evidence.<\/p>\n \u201cThen they can get to know about what each gang is up to.<\/p>\n \u201cThey get to hear things that they otherwise wouldn\u2019t know about<\/p>\n \u201cSo there has been a lot of undesirable openness from their view points about what has been going on over the last few years.<\/p>\n \u201cThat all feeds into this animosity that has come about.<\/p>\n \u201cWith each trial that goes through the High Court criminals learn a new trick, a new chapter to the book on how to go about their business.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we\u2019ve got now is 21st Century, learned experience being applied to criminal activity.<\/p>\n \u201cAs is always the case, criminals move far quicker than the authorities when it comes to learning.<\/p>\n \u201cThe internet, internet banking and the movement of funds around the world is something that they have all learned from previous generations and now apply very effectively to the current environment of drugs and the importation of drugs.<\/p>\n \u201cBut it applies across the whole range of criminal activity.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr Pearson reckons the chaos can be traced to detectives\u2019 bust of the EncroChat encrypted phone network that exposed top-table mob figures. Many were thrown in jail where they have brushed shoulders with bitter enemies.<\/p>\n Revelations in messages between dealers, killers and henchmen lifted the lid on their illicit activities and exposed comments about rivals.<\/p>\n It helped cops expose conspiracies and shed light on secretive deals, with the potential to reignite long-standing gang rivalries.<\/p>\n Mr Pearson said: \u201cOne of the influences which has brought about where we are now is EncroChat.<\/p>\n \u201cEncroChat not only has exposed who the players are in organised crime but the conversations between them.<\/p>\n \u201cThese conversations became public. Things that criminals didn\u2019t say to each other, but said to their own parties, became visible. And some of these comments wouldn\u2019t have been particularly pleasant. The number of arrests due to EncroChat across the country is in the hundreds now.<\/p>\n 6<\/p>\n As the gangland turf war headed west, another warning was issued to associates of Mark Richardson and the Daniels clan 6<\/p>\n![\"Firefighters](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/firefighters-police-industrial-premises-milton-980291962_908a22.jpg\")
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