The brother of Glasgow drug lord Stephen Jamieson has been jailed for peddling lethal ’Blue Plague’ drugs across Scotland worth over £400,000.
Gary Jamieson, from Pollok, who is regarded as a ‘commander’ of the country’s biggest network of fake valium dealers, was jailed for four years and six months.
The 34-year-old cocaine addict’s co-accused, John Mack, was caged for four years.
Father-of-five Jamieson was finally snared late last year alongside Mack during a police undercover surveillance operation.
Both men, who are in Barlinnie Prison, appeared in person at Glasgow High Court on Wednesday, May 13.
Passing sentence, Lord Mulholland told the pair: “You both pled guilty to supplying Etizolam in industrial quantities.
“Etizolam is a focus for concern from law enforcement agencies given its widespread use, particularly in the West of Scotland, and its links to recent drug-related deaths. You have contributed to this problem.”
He also imposed a serious crime prevention order on them.
As they were led away to the cells neither man showed any emotion.
The court heard how Jamieson’s organised crime group swamped Glasgow with over 800,000 Etizolam tablets.
The brightly coloured pills have been linked to hundreds of deaths across Scotland and are known as the “Blue Plague’.
Prosecutor Liam Ewing said: “This offence reflects Jamieson's command of a branch within an organised crime group.
“He was responsible for the supply of Etizolam using a network of distributors and dealers, to secure the availability of the tablets to street-deal dealers across Greater Glasgow.
“His co-accused John Mack is understood to work for Jamieson as his assistant.
“Etizolam is a focus for concern across the law enforcement and medical agencies given its widespread availability and use particularly in the West coast of Scotland and its specific link to recent drug related deaths.”
Jamieson was the target of a surveillance operation, codenamed Operation Blanc, between February and December 2019.
In February 2019, he sent a text message to Kyle Hammond asking if he “would take 30 to Larkhall.”
The following day Hammond was caught red-handed with 30,000 Etizolam tablets in a carrier bag. A further 40,000 were found in his flat.
He pled guilty to being concerned in the supply of Etizolam in September 2019 and is currently serving a 16-month sentence.
Last April, Jamieson and Mack, 33, drove to an address in Paisley for a deal involving 16,000 tablets.
Mack was arrested last September with a bag full of Etizolam. He later accepted responsibility for approximately 500,000 tablets.
On December 23, last year, while he was out on bail, Mack arrived at Jamieson's house in Brock Oval carrying three large boxes and a bag.
Officers swooped and found approximately 250,000 Etizolam tablets.
Mr Ewing added: “Approximately 836,000 of tablets were recovered in the course of the police operation. If sold individually at 50 pence each, this quantity has a potential street value of approximately £418,000.”
Jamieson was convicted of a drugs offence in May 2008 at sheriff and jury level and given 12-months probation.
Mack has four previous conviction dating back to 2004 for non-analagous offences.
Defence QC Brian McConnachie, representing Jamieson, said his client had three children from his present relationship and another two from a previous one.
Mr McConnachie added: “When he stopped working in 2018 he became involved with alcohol and controlled drugs and had a signification cocaine habit.”
Gary is the younger brother of west-coast cocaine king, Stephen ‘Jimmy’ Jamieson, who is currently dealing designer puppies from his bolt-hole in Dubai.
He sells American Bully dogs - that can command fees of more than £10,000 - via Facebook using his old Glasgow associates.
We told last month how the 36-year-old took to Instagram to weigh in on the latest Covid-19 conspiracy theory by offering a £1000 reward to anyone who sets fire to a 5G mast.
In 2009 he was caged alongside brothers Steven and Gary Caddis for flooding Glasgow with cocaine.
He was freed in 2013 after serving half of his eight-year term.
Jamieson was living in a plush house owned by taxi tycoon Stevie Malcolm, 46, before he moved to the Middle East.
He was previously jailed for 12 years and nine months in 2007 for laundering £1million of drugs cash, but was freed in 2013.
The brothers are good friends with Glasgow crime boss, Jamie “The Iceman” Stevenson, and his former stepson, Gerry Carbin.
