A “Blue Plague” drug dealer has been pictured laughing behind bars as he enjoys a video chat.
Gary Jamieson was jailed for four years and six months in May for peddling lethal ’Blue Plague’ drugs across Scotland worth over £400,000.
Locked up in Barlinnie Prison, the 34-year-old was subject to the same restrictions on visits as other inmates due to the coronavirus epidemic.
Jamieson is now able to keep in touch with relatives and pals using the jail’s new video link system.
His smiling face was captured in a screen grab by a family member and widely shared on Instagram.
An underworld source told the Record: “With visits off the agenda, these Zoom chats are the only way to keep in touch with family on the inside.
“Gary is smiling here – but he’s not going to be pleased at the image doing the rounds on the internet.
“It’s a far cry from his brother’s online activity, that’s for sure.”
Gary’s brother Stephen “Jimmy” Jamieson, 36, runs a lucrative designer pup business from his swanky home in Dubai.
In 2009, he was caged alongside two brothers for flooding Glasgow with cocaine. He was freed in 2013 after serving half of his eight-year term.
He now sells American Bully dogs, which can command more than £10,000 each – and has brazenly flashed expensive gear, top-of-the-range cars and luxury holidays in recent online posts.
Gary Jamieson, from Pollok, Glasgow, was regarded as a “commander” of the country’s biggest network of fake Valium dealers.
The father of five was snared by cops in December last year, alongside an accomplice, after a police undercover surveillance operation.
The High Court in Glasgow heard how Jamieson’s organised crime group swamped Glasgow with more than 800,000 Etizolam tablets.
The “Blue Plague” pills have been linked to hundreds of deaths across Scotland. About 836,000 tablets, with a street value of £418,000, were recovered during the police operation.
Passing sentence at the High Court in Glasgow in May, judge Lord Mulholland told them: “You both pled guilty to supplying Etizolam in industrial quantities.
“Etizolam is a focus for concern from law enforcement agencies given its widespread use, particularly in the West of Scotland, and its links to recent drug-related deaths.
“You have contributed to this problem.”
The Scottish Prison Service said it recognised the “value and importance of family contact” when it made the “virtual visits” available earlier this year.
Prison chiefs rolled out the video link scheme earlier this year after face-to-face meetings for inmates and visitors were suspended
