Fox crime clan are evicted from home in east end of Glasgow
A crime family have been evicted from the lhouse they used to run their drugs empire.
The Fox family have been dealing in Glasgow's east end and Calton area since the 1980s.
In tenement block, the only flat still occupied was that of the Fox clan.
But yesterday afternoon authorities were finally able to evict Jean Fox.
One local, who refused to be named, said: "We can only hope that this will finally bring an end to the misery that lot have inflicted on the people in this street for years."
Workers from Thenew Housing Association fitted metal barricades to the outer doors before entering the flat which had been home to the crooked clan's most recent operations.
Most of Jean's furniture and belongings had already been removed but some signs of the criminal enterprise remained.
A broken Samurai sword lay on the living room floor ans two 10in meat cleavers and a baseball bat were hidden in other rooms and a replica gun and a walkie talkie handset were dumped nearby.
As the eviction team left the building, members of the Fox family raced up and down the narrow road in their gleaming, top-of-the-range motors.
Jean's brothers - John, Peter, Andrew and Billy - started out as car thieves. Her sister Irene was a prolific shoplifter.
The family drugs trade was started in the 80s by dad Ronnie Snr and mum Ena. Both have since died.
In 2007, the Record exposed Irene, John and Andrew all peddling drugs from flats in the block Jean was yesterday evicted from.
Last night, a spokesman for Thenew Housing Association said: "Eviction is always a last resort but in this case the removal of this tenant is entirely justified and essential."
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