A former professional footballer has been imprisoned for an attempt to rob apprond £ 400,000 in criminal cash.
James Keettings, 33, transferred criminal funds on a road in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire on 28 June last year.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) said that Young Street had seen two boxes from its white transit van to another van.
When the second van was stopped by the police, 78 bundle notes were found in the box, a total of £ 390,040.
A forensic examination of money and boxes found that the fingers of insects were in many areas, including money, boxes and elastic bands, which kept the notes together.
Former Kettings clubs include Celtic, Hearts, St. Johnstone and Dundi United and were part of the 2016 Scottish Cup winning hibernation team.
On August 20, in the Falkirk Sheriff Court, he convicted the crime under the income of the Crime Act 2002.
On Friday, he was sentenced to one and a half months in jail in the same court.
While sentencing his sentence, Sheriff Christopher Shed said that custody had given the only appropriate punishment that was given the nature of his insult.
The judge said, “I believe that (rescue lawyer) Tony Graham Casey has emphasized that there are important features of mitigation in the case.”
“But I regret that I have come to the conclusion that a detention sentence is the only appropriate disposal regarding the gravity of a crime.”
Insects, which were prepared on black trousers and a black top in court, showed no response, as the punishment was assigned.
Earlier, the ketting counsel told the court that his client had agreed to transfer cash in exchange for pain relieving drugs, as he was in “chronic pain” from a long -standing hip injury, which stopped the stages after his football career.
He said that his customer was initially given “various leaflet painkillers” for his position, but when he proved inadequate, he started to “sore the illegal analgesic in quantity, which allowed him to do self-healing”.
He explained: “To move this money, a service must be paid in a service, and he duly done.”
Mr. Graham admitted that it was “very important money”, but said that the insects had limited participation only with it.
He said, “His only partnership is actually as the person who handled the money and transferred money,” he said.
He said: “He has no title for money. It was someone else’s money”.
Commenting after the sentence, Ian Thomas, head of the NCA regional inquiry, said: “James Keettings transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds to suspected criminal funds, but they did not know that OCP officials were looking at their every step.
“NCA will continue to work closely with our law enforcement partners so that criminals like criminals to do justice and to disrupt criminals and their criminality, wherever there is an opportunity to do so.”
Detective Chief Inspector Laura Sands from organized crime and counter terrorism unit said: “This investigation underlines our commitment to serious organized crime workforce and the country’s serious organized crime strategy.
“We will continue to work with our fellow agencies to deal with this type of criminal activity and ensure those responsible facial justice.
“Information and support from the public is important for our work, and I will encourage anyone with information related to organized crime to contact us through 101.”