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Read the extended Glasgow Crime Story or listen to our podcast on all popular streaming platforms. Most of the proceeds were laundered through legitimate enterprises such as ice cream vans, taxis, pubs, security firms, and properties both at home and abroad. During a criminal career spanning more than 35 years, Tam McGraw was feared and hated in equal measures. He maintained an iron grip at the top of the city's underworld, while appearing immune from the law. McGraw had the nickname the Licensee. To some that was a reference to the Caravel Bar that he and his wife Margaret ran in Hallhill Road, Barlanark, for more than a decade.

Tam.mcgraw

When hash started to flood into Scotland from the late s onwards, suspicion centred on Tam McGraw, leader of the Infamous Barlanark Team. After a two-year surveillance operation, police discovered the drug had been hidden in buses carrying young footballers and deprived Glasgow families on free holidays abroad in a scam worth over ;40 million. Police claimed McGraw was the mastermind, but in a jury declared him innocent while other suspects were jailed. As McGraw refuses to discuss his life publicly, his remarkable tale is told through friends, fellow crooks, and the occasional rival. It is an outrageous, often hilarious, true gangster story. Library number no spaces. Not a member? Join now! Forgot your PIN? Forgot my PIN. Enter your username and a recovery link will be emailed to the email address on file at your library. Skip to: Content Bottom.

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Much of it was laundered through legitimate enterprises such as ice cream vans, taxis, pubs, security firms and properties both at home and abroad. During a criminal career spanning more than 35 years Tam McGraw was feared and hated in equal measures. To some that was a reference to the Caravel Bar he and his wife Margaret ran on Hallhill Road, Barlanark, for more than a decade. To others it meant he had a licence to commit crime by the police in return for information on other lawbreakers. Over the years he was linked to the murders of six members of the same family, a double killing, and a multi-million-pound drug smuggling operation. The police have over the years always denied there was a deal, but McGraw did seem to lead a charmed life.

Samuel Timothy McGraw born May 1, is an American country singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. In total, McGraw's albums have produced 65 singles, 25 of which have reached number one on the Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay charts. His Soul2Soul II Tour , which was done in partnership with his wife, Faith Hill , is one of the highest-grossing tours in country music history, and one of the top five among all genres of music. He has sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. She lived in the same apartment building as Tug McGraw, who was playing baseball for Jacksonville.

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The Ice Cream Wars. In , he was stabbed near his luxury home in Mount Vernon, only saved by the bullet proof vest he was wearing. It was time to do one, heading out to Spain where he had an extensive property portfolio, apartments, a holiday park, bars and restaurants. This section needs additional citations for verification. Submit Cancel. McGraw was laid to rest the following month and around mourners gathered at Daldowie Crematorium, near Glasgow. Police probe launched after person raped on Scots street. McGraw then returned to Glasgow - where he set up the notorious Barlanark team - who carried out a series of post offices robberies across Scotland using McGraw's skills to disable the alarms. It was March 8, and for the next four years McGraw, known as the Licensee, would spend much of his time moving from his safe houses and guarded properties, often to Ireland, where again he had interests, but never venturing out in Glasgow after dark. Sign Up No thanks, close. Indeed, the charges were dropped and he was released the morning after his arrest.

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One account had him with a crumpled black plastic bin bag on his head, although his face was plainly visible. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience — the local community. McGraw's moniker was given to him either because he owned the Caravel bar in Barlanark rapidly demolished in the wake of the Hanlon-Glover murders or because, it was claimed, of the freedom he was given by Strathclyde police in exchange for informing on his underworld pals. It was time to do one, heading out to Spain where he had an extensive property portfolio, apartments, a holiday park, bars and restaurants. During the early s, he began expanding his criminal operations becoming involved in narcotics such as heroin as he began purchasing nightclubs and pubs. In his memoir - Gangsters, Killers and Me - retired detective Gerry Gallacher was critical of the slack cut by the police hierarchy to the established crime boss during his time in the force. See our Privacy Notice. Tools Tools. There had been a similar 'golfing incident' three days earlier. Within minutes the early morning blaze had spread through the family home and of the nine people sleeping inside, only three survived. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience — the local community. When hash started to flood into Scotland from the late s onwards, suspicion centred on Tam McGraw, leader of the Infamous Barlanark Team. After one raid and a police chase in which his van overturned he was charged, but released the next day. At an early age he became involved in petty crime and was in and out of young offenders institutions during his teenage years. But TC knows who did it.