Scott Coleman, 41, from Liverpool, was caught in 2003 but was freed on bail and failed to reappear.
He was finally detained in Amsterdam earlier this year before being extradited.
Coleman admitted being concerned in the supply of heroin and was jailed for five years.
Lord Glennie jailed him for four years for his involvement in the heroin supply and a further year for failing to appear.
The judge told him at the High Court in Edinburgh: "The court cannot turn a blind eye to this flaunting of its authority."
Coleman is also wanted by the Spanish authorities after he was sentenced in his absence to more than six years imprisonment for a drugs offence there.
Defence solicitor advocate Ewen Roy said Coleman made "a series of dreadful decisions" some time ago.
He said that before he became involved in bringing drugs to Scotland he had no involvement in crime, but was under financial pressure at the time.
Coleman acted as a courier in the supply of drugs from Merseyside to the north east of Scotland.
A major police operation targeting the large scale illegal trade resulted in the jailing of brothers Derek and Jason McAllister for 12 and 10 years in 2006.

South Korea has returned from a public holiday. At the end of the session, the Kospi index closed up 1.75% at 2,015.93.
In Japan, the benchmark Nikkei 225 index ended the Thursday session higher by 3.2% at 16,911.05.
That is the highest closing level for the index this month.
The Japanese currency has steadily weakened to a one-week low against the US dollar.
Overnight, the yen was at 109.21 against the US dollar, after trading at about 107 earlier in the week.
A weaker Japanese currency would be welcomed by many Japanese exporters, as that would make their goods cheaper and more competitive overseas.
Shares in electronics giant Panasonic closed up by 4.1%. Shares of car manufacturer Toyota gained 3.25%, while its rival Nissan saw a 2.5% gain at the close of trade.
In Hong Kong, the benchmark Hang Seng index added 0.89% or 187.71 points to 21,346.42.
On the mainland in China, the Shanghai Composite index edged up 0.06% to 3,068.58.
In Australia, the benchmark S&P ASX 200 closed up 1.3% - or 63.95 points - at 5,118.6, rounding off three days of gains.
Mining stocks led the rally in Australian markets, following a jump in iron ore prices. Shares of BHP Billiton surged by 5.3% at the close, while shares of rival Rio Tinto were up by 2.5%.
Data from Australia showed the economy added 26,100 jobs in March. That led to a dip in the unemployment rate to 5.7% - the lowest rate since September 2013. In February, the unemployment rate was at 5.8%.
The latest data could ease pressure on the Australian central bank to lower interest rates further, to help spur economic growth.
The central bank's key lending rate is currently at a record low of 2%. The last rate cut was in May 2015.
US markets closed positive overnight, led by gains in shares of financial institutions.
JPMorgan shares surged by more than 4% after it reported a quarterly profit that beat market expectations for the three months to March. JPMorgan is the biggest US bank by assets.

It comes after an audit committee requested a probe into two of DSME's former chief executive officers over possible mismanagement.
The world's second-largest shipbuilder has been trying to raise money to reduce its debts.
The firm posted its biggest net loss of 3.19tr won ($2.8bn; Â£1.9bn) last year.
DSME and South Korea's two other biggest shipbuilders, Hyundai Heavy Industries and Samsung Heavy Industries, have all been hard hit by the slump in oil prices and global economic slowdown.
They have struggled with reduced demand for tankers and container ships and have had to delay projects in offshore drilling and production.
They are also facing rising competition from Chinese shipbuilders.
According to reports, 150 officials went to DSME headquarters in Seoul and one of its shipyards on the island of Geoje.
Computer hard drives, accounting books and documents were seized by officials, who are looking into whether it manipulated its 2013 and 2014 financial statements.
A man who went on the run for more than a decade has been jailed for trafficking heroin worth more than £200,000 into Aberdeen.
[NEXT_CONCEPT]
Asian stock markets held on to gains in Thursday trading, following the positive trend from US and European markets.
[NEXT_CONCEPT]
South Korean prosecutors have raided Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering as part of an investigation into alleged accounting irregularities.