THE notorious Daniel gang is in crisis after a string of brutal attacks, death threats and internal squabbles — and may quit their home patch, it is claimed.

Sources say the crime family has “gone into meltdown”, with senior henchmen left “terrified” and fearing for their lives.

4 Cops told Fraggle of plot to kill him

Now several top hoods are considering selling up in Glasgow and could even flee Scotland altogether.

An insider said: “The Daniel crew know they’re a spent force. It’s all but over for them.”

Adding to their dismay has been a decision by Irish mobsters to back the rival Lyons clan.

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It’s understood cops have issued fresh “threat to life” warnings to Francis ‘Fraggle’ Green, 34, and Craig ‘Rob Roy’ Gallagher, 38, as the violent turf war has escalated.

The pair were targeted last month in an ambush at a house in New Stevenston, Lanarkshire.

Other high-profile members have also been the victims of vicious assaults this year.

And the onslaught has triggered bitter infighting among the Daniels.

The latest bust-up came after an associate was told by bosses to dispose of a gun and silencer — but it was later found by cops.

Insiders believe the internal feuds could be the final nail in the coffin for the once “untouchable” family.

4 The house in New Stevenston

One source told The Scottish Sun: “It would be admitting defeat for the Daniels to flee but they’re under so much pressure that they are turning on each other. They don’t know who to trust.

The Daniel gang used to be virtually untouchable — but now they have gone into meltdown.”

The crime clan was headed up by scrapyard boss Jamie Daniel until he died last year from cancer, aged 58.

That left a power vacuum. And since then, several high-profile family members have been lucky to survive murder attempts on them.

In March, convicted drug dealer Robert Daniel, 42, was shot in the shoulder outside his house in Stepps, near Glasgow.

4 Bonzo was slashed in motor after chase

Two months later, Jamie’s nephew Steven ‘Bonzo’ Daniel, 37, was left with horrific scars after rival thugs attacked him with a machete following a car chase through the city.

Bonzo — described by pals as “thick and painfully shy” — flew to Dubai last month with his shoplifter mum Annette Daniel, 55, to allow the dust to settle.

A source said: “He knows it’s only a matter of time before there’s another go at killing him. He is terrified.

“It’s not so much what he’s done but that he is a recognisable figure in the family.”

The Daniels own Spanish property but Bonzo opted to head for the Middle East because of the rows between gang members.

Fraggle — son of late crimelord Jamie — hid out in Spain after shots were fired at his house in Milton of Campsie, Dunbartonshire.

4 Gerbil was slain in 2010

And Gallagher, who has a flat in nearby Torrance, also packed his girlfriend and kids off to the sun to keep them out of harm’s way.

He suffered burns and stab wounds as he fled the attack in New Stevenston, where a house was wrecked by a mystery explosion.

Police have since issued Gallagher and Fraggle with ‘threat to life’ warnings, formerly known as Osman letters, because detectives have info about murder plots against them.

Pals of Fraggle insist he remains defiant. And Gallagher — once suspected of murdering former pal and Daniel enforcer Kevin ‘Gerbil’ Carroll, 29, in 2010 — has been keeping a low profile.

But an insider said: “Fraggle has got plenty of brains but no bottle. He’s not fooling anyone with his bravado.

“He and Rob Roy are dead men walking — and both of them know it.”

krissy.storrar@ the-sun.co.uk

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