Overview
- Stephen Jamieson, 43, was sentenced to six years in prison after admitting involvement in supplying cocaine, heroin and the class C drug etizolam.
- The judge backdated the term to July 5, 2025 and imposed a four-year serious crime prevention order that will limit his activities after release and can carry up to five years in prison if breached.
- Prosecutors said EncroChat messages under the handle “patrolstaff” showed him offering five million etizolam tablets and arranging a 2kg heroin deal during a 54‑day spell in 2020.
- Evidence shown in court included photos of a tablet-making machine and two blocks of brown powder, while messages described luxury spending from drug profits, including £146,000 on a Jeep.
- Police credited joint work by Police Scotland, the UK National Crime Agency and authorities in the United Arab Emirates after Jamieson was arrested in Dubai, consented to extradition, and was detained on arrival in Glasgow.