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Scotland's 'Tony Soprano' pleads guilty in drugs trial

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Jamie Stevenson was once described as Scotland ’s answer to Tony Soprano .

He was charged with murdering his best man and criminal associate Tony McGovern outside a Glasgow pub in 2001 but the case was dropped due to a lack of evidence.

Six years later , he admitted laundering more than 1 m of dirty money and was jailed for 12 years .

The 59-year-old was once a wanted man after police seized 28 million Etizolam street Valium’ tablets at a pill factory in Kent .

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English

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