THE drugs gang linked to 'Reservoir Dogs' torture victim James Ross fire ROCKETS into the sky to tell buyers they have a new consignment in, we can reveal.
The mutilated dad-of-one's associates let off the fireworks above Wick, Caithness, to let druggies know dealers are ready for business.
Locals yesterday said cops have never twigged what it meant.
But they claimed Ross's horror hostage ordeal in Portugal - in which his ear, finger and two toes were cut off over a drug debt - has now left the town DRUG-FREE.
One Wick local, who asked not to be named, said: "They've thought they are the kingpins of Wick for years. Now they're not so cocky.
"They were so bold, they sent off a rocket every time they got a new consignment up the A9. Everyone in the town knows what the rocket means.
"It was so obvious none of us can work out why the police didn't ever cotton on to it. They set it off from the highest street in the town.
"The rockets are a bit like flares - but they make a massive bang in the air.
"So if the druggies didn't see it, they certainly heard it. It's the signal for everyone to go to their dealer."