Drug Queenpin Jodie Gilmour Jailed for Four Years After £100K Blowout on Bling and Botox
£100K Spent on Luxury and Surgery
Jodie Gilmour, known as a major player in the drugs trade, has been slammed with a four-year jail sentence. The 32-year-old blew a staggering £100,000 on cosmetic surgery, designer gear, and gambling binges. When police swooped on her Glasgow home, they found her lounging in bed beside a £25,000 Rolex watch.
EncroChat Used for High-Stakes Drug Laundering
Gilmour exploited the encrypted phone network EncroChat to launder gang cash and flood Scotland with cannabis and Valium. Police busted her after intercepting a parcel labelled ‘candles’ — which actually contained £2,200 worth of cannabis.
Her smuggling game was bold: cannabis disguised as candles, flown straight from Las Vegas to Scotland. Throughout her trafficking spree, over £500,000 of dirty money coursed through her bank accounts.
Gambling Addiction Drove Crime Spree
At Dundee High Court, Lord Renucci slammed Gilmour: “Your involvement was significant and enduring, spanning three and a half years. The total sum was in excess of £500,000. You admit the reason for your crimes was financial gain – to fund a gambling problem.”
Her defence lawyer, Donald Findlay KC, revealed that Gilmour was pulled deeper into crime to feed her gambling addiction — despite struggling with numbers and language.
Dirty Deals, Dirty Money, and Relentless Denial
- Police seized eight mobile phones and £11,183 cash from Gilmour and her mother’s homes.
- Text messages showed she dubbed herself “scarabflicker” on EncroChat, offering 150,000 benzos with the boast: “You should have – you’re the queen of scoobs.”
- She tried swapping a stolen £35,000 watch for 220,000 pills and sold cannabis at £5,300 per kilo.
- Despite moving over half a million pounds, she declared just £85,134 as taxable profit.
Gilmour pleaded guilty to serious organised crime and drug trafficking offences between April 2020 and September 2023.
Fake Cleaning Business Laundered Drug Cash
While claiming benefits, Gilmour ran a sham cleaning company with an annual turnover of £43,540 — a clever front to hide her illicit income.
Police and prosecutors are still cracking down hard on EncroChat users who thought they were untouchable. But with law enforcement closing in, the encrypted network’s days are numbered.
