The Iceman: The Rise and Fall of a Crime Lord

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Two men from Cardiff, Asim Naveed, 29 and Calvin Parris, 32, are wanted by South Wales Police for Class A drugs offences allegedly organised by using the encrypted comms platform EncroChat. Read More Related Articles It was then I decided that I would only survive if I got protection when I got out, so I co-operated with the police. Stevenson, suspect in the murder of former friend turned gang rival Tony McGovern nine years ago, was always armed and smuggled most drugs arriving in Scotland.

Monaghan, however, is reluctant to go into exact details about the night when he, Stevenson and a third man, who is now in prison, reputedly went for a drive in the country. Gallagher never once said to me that he held me responsible. They never said I was suspected - it was deduced. But they were completely wrong. Police Scotland said the duo were detained over alleged drugs, serious organised crime and wilful fire-raising offences in Scotland. Read More Related Articles The National Crime Agency also intends to quiz him over 28 million Etizolam 'street valium' tablets which were seized at a pill factory in England earlier that year in June 2020.The offences for which he is wanted demonstrate the sophistication and scale of organised crime in Scotland, which is international in reach and causes huge damage to our communities,” said Findlay. After being kept under surveillance, he was arrested by a Dutch tactical unit in the southern municipality of Bergen op Zoom alongside another man who was also wanted by Police Scotland.

Stevenson and Gallagher will never admit they got it wrong about me tipping off the police about the run but I'm now fair game because I did co-operate later on and that's a threat I've learned to live with. Jamie "Iceman" Stevenson, from Rutherglen, was apprehended while jogging in Amsterdam around midday on Friday February 4. It was after this that McDowall officially began speaking to police - spelling out in incredible detail the scope of Stevenson's operation. Mr Rodhouse said: "We have a brilliant relationship with the country’s various law enforcement agencies and work together daily to protect the public.His failure to identify Stevenson fatally weakened the smuggling charges against the crime boss, who was later jailed for 12 years for laundering s1million of drugs money.

Diamond tattoo under his left eye, and a tattoo on the outside of his left forearm that reads ‘Croydon’. Left hand tattooed with ‘Money never sleeps’, ’12-20’ and a small heart. One of the men in the car that night was allegedly Terry Monaghan, an elder statesman of Glasgow gangland and a man who had the influence to broker a truce between the McGoverns and their nemesis.Informant Robert McDowall - who will live the rest of his life under police protection - played a crucial role in the downfall of Jamie "The Iceman" Stevenson. In the days after McGovern was murdered, Stevenson trailed other members of the McGovern family, including the brothers and their parents, covertly taking their pictures. They were soon sent the photos in the post. The 56-year-old was wanted in connection with a one-tonne cocaine haul uncovered within a cargo of bananas at the Port of Dover in September 2020. Within 24 hours of getting out, he took delivery of a new king-size bed at his modest home in Burnside, near Glasgow.

However, a deal with the Crown Office allowed him to admit money-laundering in exchange for his wife’s freedom and the drugs charges being dropped. Spain is still a great place to disappear, it’s big enough that you won’t stand out, and is full of tourists and expats,” said Walsh. “There are many like-minded criminals to work with, from all over the world, because it’s the European centre for the cocaine trade.” He said to earn a living “most end up continuing criminal activity, which is why a lot of them eventually get caught”.

The NCA’s regional head of investigation for Scotland, Gerry McLean, described Stevenson as “one of Scotland’s most wanted fugitives”.