“The violence will escalate exponentially now a high-ranking Daniel clan member has been targeted. It’s a matter of time before someone ends up dead."
News Rory Cassidy Reporter and John-Paul Clark 04:30, 10 Apr 2025Updated 08:42, 10 Apr 2025
The escalation in Scotland’s gangland turf war means “someone will end up dead”, an underworld insider has warned. It comes after a business linked to an enforcer for the high-ranking Daniel crime clan, Craig “Rob Roy” Gallagher, was firebombed.
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A Record source believes the targeting of a property linked to such a major figure will lead to the feud intensifying.
He said: “The violence will escalate exponentially now a high-ranking Daniel clan member has been targeted. It’s a matter of time before someone ends up dead.
“Gallagher is one of the hardest men in Scotland and a key lieutenant in the Daniel mob. An attack on him won’t just kick things up a notch, it’ll send the whole thing stratospheric.”
They added: “The people involved are driven by power, not money. Everyone on all sides will be out for revenge.”
Footage emerged on Tuesday showing a carpet outlet in Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, linked to Gallagher being torched. The video ended with the message: “Leave Scotland Now.”
The Daniel crime family were named alongside cocaine kingpin Mark Richardson by rival hoods after a series of attacks in the city. It was the latest in a series of firebombings and shooting attacks on businesses and properties linked to Richardson and the Daniels network.
Gallagher, 45, who was once listed as a director of a firm at the unit, was jailed last week for an axe attack on associates of the rival Lyons clan.
He went on the rampage when he spotted Lyons associates he believed had made death threats against his son.
Gallagher gained a reputation after he was stabbed and set on fire in an assassination attempt in 2017. He saved his own life by driving six miles to a hospital.
He was also a close friend, turned mortal enemy, of Kevin “Gerbil” Carroll, who was shot dead in an Asda car park in Robroyston, Glasgow, in 2010.
It is thought the current gangland feud was sparked after a Dubai-based Glasgow hood was ripped off in a £500,000 cocaine deal.
A source said: “Richardson reached out to his rivals in Dubai to end the feud but they weren’t interested. They don’t hang around with other Scottish criminals. They plan to take him down.
“The Daniels are being targeted over their association with Richardson. They are hated across the Scottish underworld.”
Attacks in Glasgow, including three properties in Meadow Court, Ashgill Road and Gala Street, come after similar attacks in Edinburgh in recent weeks.
Police say the escalation of violence is being treated as linked.
Detective Chief Superintendent David Ferry of the specialist crime division said: “These incidents could have had much more serious consequences and I want to make it clear this behaviour will not be tolerated.
“Significant inquiries are ongoing in relation to all of these incidents and we are utilising all available resources to identify those responsible and bring them to justice. A number of arrests have already been made.
“If anyone has information that can help, contact us immediately.”
A hair salon, garage and properties linked to the caged dealer were targeted in the capital.
A home in Niddrie was hit twice in less than two weeks as tensions escalated. Armed police raided five addresses in the capital last week and detained four people in connection with organised crime.
The war spread to Glasgow last week when a video appeared online showing Kelvinside Motor Company in Kirkintilloch and a house in Robroyston being firebombed.
The clip was made by a group calling themselves Tamo Junto and used the initials TMJ. In the footage they said: “We are urging everyone in Scotland on the streets and those incarcerated to join us in the fight against Mark Richardson and the Daniel family. These rats have been thieving for a long time.”
A boy of 16, three men aged 24, 28 and 38 and a 34-year-old woman have been arrested in connection with organised crime.
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