The Iceman: The Rise and Fall of a Crime Lord

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While Stevenson’s prosecution was the first in which bugged conversations were used as evidence, “intrusive surveillance” techniques have now become a common tool in the fight against organised crime. The National Crime Agency also want to quiz him over 28 million Etizolam “street valium” tablets which were seized at a pill factory in England earlier that year in June 2020.

He and his cronies have also dined at upmarket Italian restaurant Il Pavone in Glasgow’s Princes Square shopping centre.Fugitives usually continue offending while on the run and these men will be known in criminal circles wherever they are. Crime: Garforth is allegedly involved in a well-established Organised Crime Group supplying significant quantities of cocaine and cannabis and involved in trading firearms and ammunition. It is alleged he used the now defunct encrypted comms platform EncroChat to facilitate these offences in and around the North West of England and that his OCG also adulterated the drugs before moving them on. The 56-year-old was wanted in connection with a one-tonne cocaine haul uncovered within a cargo of bananas at the Port of Dover in September 2020. Stevenson had many switched-on and ruthless people but very few were trusted like Gallagher, who was his top fixer. The betrayal infuriated him and soon afterwards 35-year-old McGovern was shot dead outside the New Morven pub in Glasgow’s Springburn in one of Scotland’s most notorious gangland assassinations.

Dean Ferguson, 28, was also arrested in the swoop, which involved the National Crime Agency, Police Scotland and Dutch police.He said: "Only four people knew about that run - him, me, Stevenson. and Gallagher. "My former friend is terrified of prison and I'm convinced it was him. I got the blame because I was the stranger in the camp and also a new face." It was after this that McDowall officially began speaking to police - spelling out in incredible detail the scope of Stevenson's operation. NCA Regional Head of Investigation for Scotland Gerry McLean said: “Any arrest of a fugitive over extremely serious allegations is a great result. The National Crime Agency's (NCA) regional head of investigation for Scotland, Gerry McLean, said: "Stevenson is one of Scotland's most wanted fugitives. Stevenson, 47, has been spotted at Bothwell Bar & Brasserie, which is run by his friend Stewart Gilmore.

After Gallagher and McDowall were jailed, Stevenson suspected McDowall had been working with the authorities all along. An underworld source said Stevenson is aware he will be targeted by police and added: “He’s not daft. He knows the police will be looking for any excuse to revoke his freedom. They spent years trying to put him behind bars so they’re not happy he’s out early.” The Agency has been working endlessly with Police Scotland and international partners to trace these men and return them to the UK.

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He said: "I don't even blame Stevenson. I blame myself for being an idiot. Greed sometimes takes over from need. I had debts but who doesn't? Stevenson and Carbin were snarled after laundering their fortune by buying 55 watches (Image: Metropolitan Police/PA Wire)