‘Iceman’ crime boss jailed in Scotland over ‘industrial-scale’ drug trafficking

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James Stevenson pleaded guilty mid-trial over plan to import 1kg blocks of cocaine into Glasgow in banana boxes

A crime boss known as “the Iceman” has been jailed for 20 years for attempting to flood Scotland’s streets with £76m of cocaine and millions of etizolam “street valium” tablets.

James Stevenson, 59, pleaded guilty in mid-trial at Glasgow’s high court to directing a serious criminal offence of importation of cocaine and being involved in organised crime through production and supply of etizolam.

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