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Drug Kingpin Gets 6 Years in Prison

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Stephen Jamieson, a forty-three-year-old drug trafficker, received a six-year prison sentence for his role in a massive drug ring. He operated on the encrypted app EncroChat, handling cocaine, heroin, and etizolam pills, and spent lavishly on luxury items in Dubai. After being arrested and released on bail, he was extradited to Glasgow and sentenced. The judge considered his early guilty plea, reducing the sentence from nine years to six, with a four-year prevention order upon release.

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Drug Kingpin Gets 6 Years in Prison

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UK News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Drug Kingpin Gets 6 Years in Prison. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

On April 30th, a 43-year-old man named Stephen Jameson just got hit with a six-year prison sentence for playing a key part in a massive drug. Ring. He admitted to handling cocaine, heroin, and edazzolampills over 54 days back in 2020, pulling in millions through shady deals. He ran his operation on the encrypted app in Crochad under the handle patrol staff, chatting about sales like 5 million edazzolampills and two. Kilograms of heroin. Law enforcement cracked the platform wide open, exposing everyone using it for organized crime. Jameson splashed his cash on luxury rides and watches in Dubai, even bragging about dropping 146,000 pounds on a Jeep. He linked up with heavy hitters like Jamie Stevenson and others already locked up for similar crimes. Earlier this year, cops nabbed him in Dubai, released him on bail, then grabbed him again before he agreed to extradition. He touched down in Glasgow on December 18th and faced the music in high court.

Judge Lord Scott called it a significant operation with a real public risk, but cut the time short for his early guilty plea from nine years down to six, backdated to last July, plus a four-year prevention order on release to keep him straight.

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