Man arrested after Scots cops receive chilling threat to 'harm officers with a knife'

social media and branded it as "absolutely shocking" after she made the discovery in Larkhall on Thursday.In the picture, the needle can be seen lying on the pavement with the tip of the syringe uncovered.

Aberdeenshire village in a early morning incident as cops rushed to the scene.Just before 2am this morning a vehicle crashed through a metal barrier and into a property on Longside Main Street, near Peterhead.The light coloured vehicle could be seen lying on its side behind a piece of the metal barrier still intact.The front of the car was badly damaged and pieces of it could be seen lying in front of the house it crashed into.Many of the tiles on the roof of the home had fallen off.A orange

Police have arrested and charged a man in connection with an attempted murder investigation in Lanarkshire,A 22-year-old is due to appear before Airdrie Sheriff Court today, March 9.We told yesterday how Police Scotland launched a probe following the serious incident in Glenboig on March 5.A 62-year-old man was rushed to Monklands Hospital after emergency services were called to the scene at a property on Gainside Road at around 4.50pm.The man was said to be in a stable condition and police

arrested in connection with the disappearance of a missing mother following a raid on a plush Scots pad.

Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our Criminal Record newsletter.Police in Paisley are making an urgent appeal to trace a man missing following a road smash last week.David Roach, 32, is believed to have been involved in a road crash on Stanley Road, in the town, at around 9.20am on Saturday, February 27.

Dundee.Police swooped on an address on Troon Avenue this afternoon, with officers since confirming an investigation has been launched.Cops claim the incident is isolated and there is 'no threat' to the wider public.The circumstances surrounding the incident are unknown at this time.Officers remain on the scene as the probe continues.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Officers are currently at a property on Troon Avenue in Dundee as part of an ongoing enquiry."The incident is contained and

Coatbridge road.Stephen Brown, from Viewpark, spent two days in hospital fighting for his life after being knocked down on Tuesday.Mercy crews rushed the 39-year-old to Glasgow Royal Infirmary where he remained in critical condition before sadly dying yesterday.The horror incident happened at around 11.40am on Kirkshaws Road, at its junction with North Road.The 48-year-old driver of the lorry was uninjured.Now police are re-appealing for information and are urging anyone with dashcam footage to

Ayrshire.Police were called to the store around 2.30pm yesterday, Thursday, March 4 after reports of a man threatening and assaulting staff and customers.An eye witness described a disturbance at the store in which a man allegedly became aggressive.She told the Record: “I saw about seven Home Bargains staff trying to control this man.“I was trying to go in but stood back because of what was happening.”A 31-year-old man has now been arrested in connection with the incident.A Police Scotland

Scots road yesterday.Emergency services were called to the A980 at Raemoir in Banchory, Aberdeenshire, after the driver of a Mitsubishi Canter truck left the road at around 12.20pm.

prison boss will face a disciplinary probe after this damning photograph showed him enjoying a lockdown-busting cup final party as he watched St Johnstone win the Betfred Cup. Forbes McKillop, deputy governor at tough Glenochil Prison, ignored social distancing rules despite the Scottish Prison Service estate being ravaged by Covid and hundreds of staff hours being lost to self isolating.

cannabis stash.Police raided a Fife property in Leven yesterday at around 12.15pm and seized the alleged drug haul.Now three men aged 25, 28 and 33 were arrested and charged in connection with the incident.They were due to appear before Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court on Tuesday 2 March and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.Sergeant Stuart Hay from Levenmouth Police Station said: “This was a significant recovery and sends a clear message that drugs have no place in our

Fife this morning.Police raided the property on Commercial Road in Leven at around 11.10am on Monday morning.Officers executed a drug search warrant at the property and passers-by reported around half a dozen police on the scene.Three people have been arrested and police say their enquiries are ongoing.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We can confirm officers executed a drug search warrant at a property on Commercial Road in Leven around 11.10am on Monday, 1 March."Three people have been

eBay seller kindly sent a refund of £39 for a second hand toy boat which had been up for auction on the site.The toy was for her six-year-old son Frankie who is disabled and prone to multiple seizures a day.After Stacey thanked the seller for his quick delivery and told him how happy the boat had made her disabled son, the man told her to take the money and spend it on more toys for him.He wrote: “I read your message earlier, then again out load to my wife.“With everything going on in the world

attacked near a Scots high school forcing police to lockdown the area.The 38-year-old was discovered seriously injured in Tinto Drive, Grangemouth this morning sparking a police probe.He was rushed to Forth Valley Royal Hospital where he remains in a stable condition after the alarm was raised at around 4am.Pictures taken around 6am this morning show a police cordoned erected around Grangemouth High School parts of Tinto Drive in Grangemouth.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 4am on

Police discovered £270,000 worth of cannabis during a routine Scots car stop.Two men have now been arrested in connection following the drug bust yesterday.Cops pulled the vehicle over as it headed north on the A76 in Sanquhar before finding the alleged stash.Investigations are on-going into the incident.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Police in Sanquhar recovered cannabis with an estimated street value of £270,000."Officers carried out a routine check on a vehicle heading north on the A76

Perth and Dundee.

cops ending up on the wrong side of the law has more than doubled in seven years.Police Scotland is under increasing pressure to disclose the crimes and ranks involved.More than 360 serving officers were arrested on suspicion of criminal offences last year compared to 136 in 2013-14.During the same period, the proportion of those reported who went on to be charged with a criminal offence dropped from almost half to just one in 20.But police and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service have

cops have been urged to back the rollout of an overdose prevention drug after two lives were saved in Wales.Arfon Jones, the police commissioner for North Wales, has slammed the Scottish Police Federation for opposing plans to issue all officers with Naloxone.Jones has hailed the use of the opiate reversal drug after two officers used nasal spray to revive two overdose victims in Flintshire.He claims the SPF – which argues that Naloxone provision is a stealthy way of lumping extra jobs on