The NCA and Police Scotland will not rest until he is captured. Anyone who is helping him stay on the run will be targeted too.” The unprecedented four-year surveillance offensive - Operation Folklore - launched by elite detectives to bring down Scotland's most serious criminal. The arrest of Gallagher was the first breakthrough in Operation Folkore, launched by the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency in 2004 to bring down Stevenson. The offences for which he is wanted demonstrate the sophistication and scale of organised crime in Scotland, which is international in reach and causes huge damage to our communities,” said Findlay. James 'iceman' Stevenson, otherwise known as Jamie, is wanted over the seizure of approximately one tonne of cocaine found in an unaccompanied freight arriving at the Port of Dover in September 2020, and the production and supply of approximately 28 million etizolam "street valium" tablets that were seized following a raid on a suspected pill factory in Kent in June 2020.

One source said: “The police will be crawling all over him – his finances, who he meets, where he goes. He’ll find it hard to buy a loaf of bread without the police asking how he paid for it.” McDowall later told cops Gallagher claimed Stevenson. was armed at all times and had gone on a s36million property spree in Spain. The 56-year-old is wanted in connection with a one-tonne cocaine haul uncovered within a cargo of bananas at the Port of Dover in September 2020. Loyalties change over time and we urge anyone with information about these men to help us find them.”Fugitives usually continue offending while on the run and these men will be known in criminal circles wherever they are. When he felt under pressure from police, he would head to a bolthole in Amsterdam and lie low for a while. They had once been allies seizing control of the lucrative drugs trade across swathes of the city's schemes before Jamie's close friendship with Tony McGovern and gangland alliance with his brothers fractured amid betrayal and bloodshed. We can reveal a fresh ­proceeds of crime case was launched by the Crown Office Civil Recovery Unit against 37-year-old Carbin and his partner Karen Maxwell, 40, 10 days ago.

Gerry Carbin Jnr, 28. Stevenson's stepson is serving five years after being snared in Operation Folklore, the biggest offensive against organised crime in Scotland. Important police informants such as McDowall come under the remit of the Scottish Witness Liaison Unit (SWLU). Monaghan, however, is reluctant to go into exact details about the night when he, Stevenson and a third man, who is now in prison, reputedly went for a drive in the country. Stevenson. was accompanied by lieutenant Frank Gallagher and McDowall said: "My friend introduced them as J and Frank. THE stepson of a major underworld figure and his partner have been taken to court for alleged money laundering.It was after this that McDowall officially began speaking to police - spelling out in incredible detail the scope of Stevenson's operation. The 44-year-old was freed from jail last year and is now working as a mechanic at a BMW dealership. Stevenson had many switched-on and ruthless people but very few were trusted like Gallagher, who was his top fixer.

Detective Chief Superintendent Stuart Houston of Police Scotland said: "Stevenson is a dangerous individual who is responsible for a catalogue of serious crimes. We reveal how Jamie Stevenson - known as The Iceman - moved from being a foot soldier in the country's most notorious crime clan to building his own global smuggling operation pouring tons of drugs and guns on to our streets.

'DANGEROUS INDIVIDUAL'

Since then his wife has been battling to keep private hire licences for her taxi firm, CS Cars, which runs 10 vehicles bought with Stevenson's cash. 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 National Crime Agency also intends 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. Now McDowall, who was released from prison early after having his sentence halved on appeal, is in hiding in fear of his life and far from his partner and family. Many of these fugitives will be trying to blend in to the large British communities who have made their homes in Spain, and if you are resident, you may know one of them from your town or village," he said.

I've got a wee dog and we sit together and have Christmas dinner. I can get sentimental, especially at Hogmanay, but can still make phone calls." He is expected to be released in 2013. McDowall said: "I genuinely wasn't looking for Stevenson at the parade. Now the NCA works closely with their counterparts in Spain and last year 25 wanted British fugitives were returned from Spain. Yet the large expat community in Spain, coupled with a sizeable UK criminal fraternity that has developed since the 1980s, means it is still the number one destination for those evading British law. In 2007, Maxwell and ­Carbin’s mum and Stevenson’s wife Caroline, 58, had money laundering charges against them dropped in return for guilty pleas by both Carbin and Stevenson. Read More Related Articles Two men have been arrested in the Netherlands in connection with alleged drugs and fire-raising offences in Scotland, following a targeted joint policing operation.

He said: "They were proper friends but Stevenson knew that, if it came to the crunch, Tony would always side with his brothers. Airdire Sheriff Court heard his house in East Kilbride is on the verge of being sold, and the cash will be used to settle his debt. Callum Michael Allan wanted by Northumbria Police for allegedly supplying drugs, assaulting an emergency worker, affray and dangerous driving