A man has been jailed for a bungled attempt to smuggle cocaine into his brother in prison.
Thomas McArthur sneaked a package of Class A drugs into Glenochil Prison but his botched delivery was spotted by guards.
He was caught passing the drugs over to his brother and now he is also behind bars.
McArthur, 47, of Orkney Place, Kirkcaldy, who has had a leg amputated, appeared at Alloa Sheriff Court in a wheelchair.
He admitted that on February 5 at HMP Glenochil, he supplied the controlled drug cocaine, to Gordon McArthur.
‘Getting it’ warning
Depute fiscal Bernadette Cuthbertson told the court that at 10.55am in the day, McArthur was visiting his brother in the prison.
Around 35 minutes into the visit there was a distraction caused by another prisoner.
McArthur was seen “awkwardly” handing over a package to his brother.
It was spotted by prison officers and the brother swallowed the package in a bid to avoid detection.
Defence solicitor Kelly Howe said her client had been threatened over a drug debt run up by his brother.
He was told to take the drugs into prison or else they would both be “getting it”.
She conceded, “He has an unenviable record there’s no doubt about that.”
He had also struggled with drug addiction for a number of years, she said.
Sheriff Neil Bowie jailed McArthur for six months.
He pointed out McArthur had a lengthy record of previous convictions including drug dealing.
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