Parents of drug dealer who outed rivals on Instagram firebombed in revenge attack amid Scotland's explosive gang war
A DRUG dealer who set up an Instagram page outing rival gangsters was targeted in a turf war firebombing at his parent's million pound home.
Lewis 'Gucci' Reid, 28, was in the sights of thugs carrying out attacks across the Central Belt linked to Dubai-based ex-Rangers ultra turned mobster Ross McGill.
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A sinister video shared by the hoods, who call themselves Tamo Junto, said Reid had grassed them up using the Instagram handle 'Cumbernauld Rats', which has since been deleted.
The footage shows flames leaping up the window and front door of his parents' mansion in Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, last month.
The gang warned: 'If you write stuff about us online or try to organise violence against us we will target you and your family.
"Don't steal from us, don't threaten us, don't snitch on us. Or we will relentlessly come after you.'
Scumbag Reid was jailed in 2020 for selling ecstasy to a girl of 16 who later died, as well as trafficking narcotics and dangerous driving.
He was also convicted of a revenge porn attack against another 16-year-old in 2018 after filming her in a shower then posting the video online.
He has links to Glasgow's Daniels gang and caged Edinburgh cocaine kingpin Mark Richardson.
They and their allies are under siege from Tamo Junto after McGill was ripped off in a drug deal.
We told how Reid broke ex Codey Brown's wrist after she fell as he sped off in his car while she leaned in the window.
She later took her own life.
Shock video shows mobsters firebomb SUV & van at home previously targeted in sick daylight raid
The brute was caged for 6½ years for dealing MDMA that led to tragic Chelsea Bruce's collapse in a flat in Springburn, Glasgow, that July.
Some 44 people have been arrested accused of firebombings, shootings and murder plots allegedly linked to McGill's three-month feud.
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