This is the moment the Iceman blew his cover after surveillance of fruit trader led detectives to tourist hotel in Alicante.
Top cops have hailed the “Eureka moment” that ultimately sealed the fate of crime kingpin Jamie Stevenson.
That had sparked the birth of Operation Pepperoni in December 2019 - which turned out to be one of the most important organised crime investigations in the history of Police Scotland. And after many months of intense analysis the evidence from the EncroChat made a case against Stevenson and his cronies that would be impossible to defeat in court.
Business analysis suggested Bilsland was losing money on each “clean” consignment of bananas to come in from Ecuador - all being sacrificed to create the pretence of genuine business deals. Ferry said that the jailing of Stevenson will create a gap in the market for other, future Mr Bigs - but Stevenson's scale will be hard to match.Feb 14 2020: David Bilsland heads to Alicante for a whistle-stop meeting with mystery crook - who turns out to be Jamie Stevenson.
22 Sept 2020: police intercept 1 tonne of cocaine - worth £76 million - in Dover, headed for Glasgow Fruit Market, run by David Bilsland.Feb 2022 - Stevenson arrested in the Netherlands while jogging. Other gang memnbers vare rounded up and three are extradited to the UK for trial.He said: “There’s always going to be somebody to fill that demand and that’s always a concern.
He admitted two charges - of directing a serious criminal offence of importation of cocaine, and of being involved in organised crime through the production and supply of etizolam, often known as street Valium.
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