James ‘Jamie’ Stevenson

Scottish organized-crime boss sentenced to 20 years in 2024 after admitting that he directed a major cocaine-importation operation and participated in large-scale etizolam production and supply.

Editorial standard

Convictions, acquittals, civil findings, allegations, police descriptions and later media claims are kept distinct. Cross-links indicate documented or clearly contextual relationships and do not by themselves prove joint criminal conduct.

Modern Glasgow organized crime

Stevenson represents a modern organized-crime model built around international supply chains, encrypted communications, legitimate-front logistics and large-scale drug production.

Cocaine in banana shipments

Prosecutors established that Stevenson directed an operation importing nearly a tonne of high-purity cocaine from Ecuador concealed in banana shipments destined for Glasgow.

Etizolam factory

He also admitted involvement in serious organized crime through production and supply of millions of etizolam tablets from an industrial-scale pill factory in Kent.

Sentence

At the High Court in Glasgow in October 2024 he received a total sentence of 20 years. The judge noted a prior money-laundering conviction.

Graph role

Stevenson links Glasgow, Dover, Ecuador, Kent, EncroChat/Operation Venetic and the modern multinational drug-trafficking layer of UK organized crime.

Network links

– Stevenson organized-crime group — leader / director – Stevenson cocaine and etizolam case — convicted / guilty plea – Glasgow — criminal network base – Dover — cocaine seizure – Kent — etizolam production site – Operation Venetic / EncroChat — investigative context

Direct people links

– No direct person edge added without stronger sourcing.

Sources

– Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service. HMA v James Stevenson, David Bilsland, Lloyd Cross, Gerard Carbin, Paul Bowes & Ryan McPhee (2024-10-02). https://judiciary.scot/home/sentences-judgments/sentences-and-opinions/2024/10/02/hma-v-james-stevenson–david-bilsland–lloyd-cross–gerard-carbin–paul-bowes—ryan-mcphee – The Guardian. 'Iceman' crime boss jailed in Scotland over industrial-scale drug trafficking (2024-10-02). https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/02/iceman-boss-jailed-in-scotland-over-industrial-scale-drug-trafficking

context

Documented network

Stevenson organized crime group (organization) is recorded in the canonical graph as leader director, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

Stevenson cocaine and etizolam case (event) is recorded in the canonical graph as convicted guilty plea, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

Glasgow (location) is recorded in the canonical graph as criminal network base, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

Dover (location) is recorded in the canonical graph as cocaine seizure, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

Kent (location) is recorded in the canonical graph as etizolam production site, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

Timeline and case connections

Structured events are kept separate from general biography so later audits can update a date, conviction, organizational change, killing or court outcome without rewriting unrelated material.

Date not specified in current profile sources — Stevenson cocaine and etizolam case. convicted / guilty plea

Status and record

The structured birth record lists 1965. The structured life-status field is alive. This administrative field should change only when a reliable current source supports an update.

Source record

The current Master package attaches the following evidence sources to this profile: – HMA v James Stevenson, David Bilsland, Lloyd Cross, Gerard Carbin, Paul Bowes & Ryan McPhee — Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service, Tier 1. – 'Iceman' crime boss jailed in Scotland over industrial-scale drug trafficking — The Guardian, Tier 2.

Each source supports only the claims tied to it. Structured source references remain attached so later audits can trace timeline and relationship records back to evidence.

Evidence and editorial boundaries

For living subjects especially, legal claims and current status require dated sourcing. Future expansion should therefore come from stronger records or newly processed canonical entities rather than unsourced crime lore.

How this profile fits the archive

The current source package includes HMA v James Stevenson, David Bilsland, Lloyd Cross, Gerard Carbin, Paul Bowes & Ryan McPhee; 'Iceman' crime boss jailed in Scotland over industrial-scale drug trafficking. These records define the safe editorial boundary for the page. A later pass should prioritize new primary documents, court outcomes, dated organizational changes, prison history or newly processed books and screen works rather than adding generic background.