One of the UK's most wanted men has been jailed for 20 years after masterminding a plot to smuggle nearly a tonne of cocaine from South America to Scotland hidden in a cargo of bananas.



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Glasgow Times

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One of the UK's 'most wanted men' jailed over running global drug smuggling ring

Jamie Stevenson made a fortune from trafficking drugs linked to hundreds of deaths in Scotland.

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How a top-level gangster was brought down by boxes of bananas

James Stevenson, 59, known as The Iceman, pleaded guilty mid-trial at the High Court in Glasgow

The Independent

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London

Greater London

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One of UK’s most wanted men, known as Iceman, jailed for cocaine banana plot

James Stevenson, 59, known as The Iceman, pleaded guilty mid-trial to directing a serious criminal offence of importation of cocaine, and being involved in organised crime

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UK's most wanted man plotted to smuggle £76m of cocaine in bananas

James Stevenson was known as ‘The Iceman’ (Picture: UNPIXS) A drug lord who became one of the UK’s most wanted men has been jailed for 20 years over a plot to smuggle £76 million of cocaine into the country in a cargo of bananas. James Stevenson, 59, known as ‘The Iceman’, arranged for nearly a tonne of cocaine to be sent from Ecuador to Glasgow’s Fruit Market. The city’s High Court heard Border Force officers at the Port of Dover seized 18 cons…

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Drug baron who plotted to smuggle £76,000,000 of cocaine in bananas jailed

The criminal gang imported class A drugs from the likes of Costa Rica before distribution across the UK

Manchester Evening News

Manchester

Greater Manchester

Manchester member of gang jailed after cocaine shipped to UK in banana boxes

Jamie Stevenson, who is described by police as a "dangerous individual", was arrested after an investigation named Operation Pepperoni. The shipment from Ecuador - which contained 952 blocks of cocaine within 119 foil packages - was addressed to a Glasgow fruit merchant.

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One of UK's most wanted men jailed over plot to smuggle cocaine 'worth £100m' in banana boxes

Iceman Stevenson's usual caution was discarded due to his trust in the encrypted phone system - so much so that he sent pictures of his driving licence to other gangsters as proof of his identity.

Daily Record

Crime lord Jamie Stevenson sent pics of his driving licence to drug cartel on 'uncrackable' EncroChat

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Newcastle upon Tyne

Tyne and Wear

One of UK's most wanted men jailed for plot to smuggle £76m of cocaine into UK hidden in bananas

A man who plotted to smuggle £76 million of cocaine into the UK from Ecuador in consignments of bananas has been jailed for 20 years.

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Scot jailed for plot to smuggle £76m of cocaine into UK hidden in bananas

ONE of the UK’s most wanted men who plotted to smuggle £76 million of cocaine into Britain from Ecuador in consignments of bananas has been…

One of UK's most wanted men jailed over plot to smuggle cocaine 'worth £100m' in banana boxes

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