Yaqub, 28, was in one of two cars travelling in convoy when four unmarked police vehicles stopped them at junction 24 of the motorway in Huddersfield at the M62 in West Yorkshire on 2 January 2017.
Leeds Crown Court heard how the officer who fired the fatal round at 6.05pm saw Mr Yakub holding a weapon, and felt that the 28-year-old was an imminent danger.
While Amin obeyed police instructions, Mr Yaqub had crouched down and as he brought his hands back up the officer was "under no doubt he was holding a handgun", the court heard.
A jury at Leeds Crown Court concluded that Mr Yaqub, 28, and Amin, 32, conspired together to endanger the life of Khalil Sidat, of Dewsbury, over a dispute about drug debt.
During the trial, jurors heard how Amin, Mr Yakub and two other men, 28-year-old Rexhino Arapaj and David Butlin, 39, were monitored by police as they travelled from the Cedar Court Hotel in Huddersfield to Cafe de Akbar in Leeds Road, Bradford.
Mr Yakub was in the passenger seat of the white Audi being driven by Amin, while martial arts coach Butlin drove a white VW Scirocco with Mr Arapaj as his front seat passenger.
Judge Mr Justice Turner told Amin at sentencing: "You knew that Yassar Yakub had a gun, which you both intended should be used in a way that endangered life in a preconceived and imminent way."
Following a fortnight-long trial, jurors found Amin, of Broomer Street, Dewsbury, guilty of conspiracy to possess firearms and ammunition with intent to endanger life on the day of Mr Yakub's death.
Amin was sentencing today to 18 years in jail. He will begin serving his sentence in solitary confinement due to fears for his safety after he revealed the drug dealing behind the case.
Mr Yaqub's boxing trainer David Butlin was acquitted of the conspiracy charge, but was convicted of possessing an offensive weapon, namely a push dagger, on the day of the meeting.
He was jailed for 18 months.
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