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'Key' gangster in drug operation jailed after extradition to Scotland from Dubai
Police said EncroChat messages exposed Jamieson’s key role in a 54-day cocaine and heroin operation that funded travel and luxury purchases.
- Stephen Jamieson, 43, was sentenced to six years at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Wednesday after admitting his key role in a multimillion-pound EncroChat drug plot.
- Between March and May 2020, Jamieson operated under the username 'PatrolStaff' on the encrypted EncroChat platform to coordinate cocaine, heroin, and etizolam pill supplies with fellow criminals.
- Jamieson, a close associate of crime boss Jamie 'Iceman' Stevenson, used illicit profits to travel to Dubai and purchase luxury items, spending £146,000 on a Jeep.
- Judge Lord Scott told Jamieson he participated in a "significant organised criminal operation for a period of 54 days," imposing a four-year serious crime prevention order upon release.
- Jamieson's sentencing concludes the investigation into his 2020 criminal enterprise, following his extradition from the United Arab Emirates in December after months in custody abroad.
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