Police ScotlandCrime boss Jamie ‘Iceman’ Stevenson is to appeal his 20 year jail-term for fronting an international drug cartel.
The 59-year-old was sentenced last week after the law authorities carried out a huge drugs bust in 2020 when £76m of high purity cocaine was found smuggled inside boxes of bananas in Dover.
A street Valium pill factory – which could churn out 250,000 tablets per hour – was also uncovered in Kent.
Stevenson had pled guilty mid-trial at the High Court in Glasgow to directing others to commit a serious offence and being involved in serious organised crime.
The Court of Appeal in Edinburgh confirmed Stevenson is now contesting the jail-term imposed by judge Lord Ericht.
An appeal against the sentence has been lodged by his legal team. No court date has been set.
Five other members of the drugs gang were jailed last week after also admitting their roles in the mob.
Stevenson’s stepson Gerard Carbin, 45, was sentenced to seven years, David Bilsland, 68, Lloyd Cross, 32, and Paul Bowes, 53, were sentenced to six years each while Ryan McPhee, 34, was locked up for four years.
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