Violent motorcycle gangs from Eastern Europe may be targetting Scotland, expert cop warns

VIOLENT motorcycle gangs from eastern Europe are heading to Scotland in a bid to seize control of the drugs trade.

Police have warned that Hells Angels and rival gangs such as the Bandidos and Outlaws plan to bring their brand of terror to Scotland.

Bike gangs from Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Greece and the Czech Republic believe Scot land is an "untapped market".

Yesterday, Detective Sergeant David Wilson - Scottish liaison to the Europeal police agency Europol - warned: "They are the Mafia in leather jackets.

"They a real worldwide network that can supply drugs and firearms.

"The gangs are involved in prostitution and extortion and they will control a town."

Wilson, based at Europol HQ in The Hague, revealed: "There is probably about 500 of these gangs in Europe.

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