Crime lord Jamie 'Iceman' Stevenson pled guilty midway through the hearing after initially deciding to have his day in court, leading to him being handed a 20-year jail sentence.
A Glasgow drug kingpin could have knocked years off his sentence, but blundered when he decided to commit to his chance to get off in court.
READ MORE: How forensic prosecutors decoded thousands of encrypted messages to crack £76m drug smuggling ring Stevenson, 59, was handed the bumper sentence for directing major operations to smuggle £76 million of cocaine from Ecuador and produce street Valium at a factory in Kent, which pumped out at least 28 million pills.
Ferry said it was no surprise that Stevenson would run his operation again in 2020 with Gerry Carbin once again as his right hand man.He said: "These people surround themselves with trusted individuals, like anyone does in an organization. These people have to prove themselves over years. They have the trusted sergeants throughout an organization. It's just the evolution of serious and organized crime gang.
The Scottish Sentencing Council guidelines state: "Offenders who admit their guilt can get a reduction in their sentence of up to one third, depending on how early they plead guilty.
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