Drug dealer embroiled in Scots firebomb war between Daniel and McGill gangs jailed
A drug dealer who is a key figure in the firebomb war between the Daniel crime clan and Ross McGill's Tamo Junto gang has been jailed.
Lewis Reid, who was linked to the deaths of two teenage girls, was busted running a cocaine delivery service on Instagram.
Nicknamed Gucci, Reid is linked to the Glasgow-based Daniel crime gang and Edinburgh cocaine kingpin Mark RIchardson - the sworn enemies of McGill's mob.
He was previously jailed for selling the ecstasy taken by a 16-year-old girl who later died.
And once released from custody, Police Scotland received intelligence that the 28-year-old was again involved in drug dealing.
Reid's parents live in a million pound home in Bridge of Weir, and the property was firebombed by Ross "Miami" McGill's foot soldiers last year.
But Reid lived in a flat in Johnstone, and officers raided the property in January this year.
They found cocaine and methylenedioxymethamphetamine - more commonly known as MDMA.
The drugs were sent off for testing, while officers seized two phones they found in the property - an iPhone and a Google Pixel.
The handsets were examined and revealed dozens of messages over a number of months where Reid discussed "white" and "prop" and dropping drugs off to customers in Glasgow.
The details emerged when Reid, who was blamed by Tamo Junto for grassing them up on social media, appeared in the dock at Paisley Sheriff Court last month.
He pleaded guilty to dealing cocaine from his flat in Graham Street, Johnstone, between November 2025 and January this year.
His not guilty plea was accepted to a charge of being in possession of MDMA, which is also known as ecstasy and mandy.
Prosecutor Jason Stark told the court that officers discovered 17g of the drug, worth around £450.
But he said the mobile phones discovered in the property revealed the full extent of Reid's operation, which detailed months of deals and 'drop offs' to customers and specified delivery days.
Reid first appeared in court over the case in January and was remanded in custody.
Defence solicitor Isla Sinclair said Reid's parents were "supportive" and were only not in court because they were on holiday.
She added: "He accepts full responsibility. He participates in creative writing and holds a responsible job in custody as a passman.
"Plainly speaking, he does not want to spend his life in prison. He knows what he's getting himself into.
"When he was at liberty he was in receipt of benefits. He is hoping he would be able to earn his own legitimate income when released from prison."
Sheriff Gillian Craig slammed Reid for his crimes and jailed him for two years for the offence.
The sentence was reduced from three years as a discount for his guilty plea and backdated to January, when he was first remanded in custody.
As she did so, she said: "Dealing drugs ruins peoples' lives.
"The harm drugs do in the community is immeasurable and you are part of this."
As he was led away in handcuffs to begin his sentence, Reid's girlfriend, who was in court with a friend to see him being sentenced, waved to him and said: "Keep your chin up!".
The faceless mob accused Reid, originally of Bridge of Weir, of running the 'Cumbernauld Rats' Instagram page which outed them and their exploits in a series of posts.
As revenge, the gang targeted his parents' million pound mansion in the affluent Renfrewshire village in May 2025.
Reid was caged in 2020 for selling ecstasy which was taken by tragic Chelsea Bruce.
The 16-year-old collapsed in a flat in Springburn, Glasgow, and died.
And in 2019 he was spared prison over a revenge porn attack against a former partner.
He had filmed the 16-year-old naked in a shower when they were together, then posted the video on his Snapchat after they broke up.
He also broke ex-girlfriend Codey Brown’s wrist when she fell as he sped off in his car while she leaned in the window.
She later took her own life.
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