Fugitive hood fled from Dubai nightclub when approached by Steven ‘Bonzo' Daniel
Sources claim an offer was made to compensate Miami for a dodgy £500,000 cocaine deal
CLUB SHOWDOWN Fugitive hood fled from Dubai nightclub when approached by Steven 'Bonzo' Daniel
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THE fugitive hood who kicked off Scotland's gangland war fled when approached by Steven 'Bonzo' Daniel in Dubai, it has been claimed.
The drug dealer, dubbed 'Miami', bolted from a top nightclub after spotting the rival crime boss and some of his heavies were nearby, sources said.
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Steven 'Bonzo' Daniel is said to have travelled to the UAE to speak with the fugitive Scot
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Associates of Mark Richardson have been targeted during the ongoing gang war
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The drug dealer, dubbed 'Miami', bolted from Bla Bla Dubai
They also told how it was the latest bid to broker truce talks with the ambitious crook who, it's claimed, sees himself as the successor to caged mob boss Jamie 'Iceman' Stevenson, 60.
It's believed the ex-Rangers ultra is backed by Glasgow's feared Lyons gang and Iceman's former right-hand man Stephen 'Jimmy' Jamieson, 42.
An insider said: 'Miami was knocking back Champagne in Bla Bla Dubai when Bonzo and a crew approached him to talk about what's been going on.
'But when as he realised they were looking for him, he was off like a shot. Bonzo also tried to talk to him by encrypted phone but it came to nothing.
'This guy has the backing of Jamieson, who has basically been running the show since Iceman got jailed.'
Sources claim an offer was made to compensate Miami for a dodgy £500,000 cocaine deal that sparked the feud more than two months ago.
But so far he has refused to halt ongoing attacks across Edinburgh and Glasgow on associates of the Daniel family and Mark Richardson, 38.
Our insider said: 'They can't do a thing to him out in the UAE but they made an offer over the drug deal which he has not accepted.
'Miami knows he is safe in Dubai. That's why some people say it's a coward's paradise.
'There is no way you would cause this much carnage over a £500,000 deal — it's a drop in the ocean and bad for business.
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'So this turf war has more to do with someone trying to make a name for himself.
'But some think he is getting carried away and that he wants to be the new Iceman.'
We told how the home of Bonzo's cousin Kelly 'Bo' Green, 45, was attacked by firebomb thugs this week.
A front window at the pad in Drumchapel, Glasgow, was left scorched. Green's dad was the late crime boss Jamie Daniel.
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Kelly 'Bo' Green's home in Drumchapel is the latest property targeted
Cops have nicked more than 30 people since the mayhem began in Edinburgh when associates of caged crime kingpin Richardson were targeted. His Daniel allies then came under attack in the Glasgow area.
Stevenson was jailed for 20 years last October over a plot to smuggle cocaine from South America in boxes of bananas and also supply street Valium.
His jail term was cut in February to 16 years.
A man, 23, was charged in connection with damage at two homes in Edinburgh last Saturday plus reset.
He was arrested on Wednesday after cops investigating gangland violence raided a house in the city's Gilmerton.
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