Scots cops find cannabis worth £150k after stopping car on A9

cops are warning about a 'callous' new Amazon scam by fraudsters to access computers and steal cash. Police in Glenrothes, Fife have had reports of locals being targeted by phone with 'well-rehearsed' criminals giving convincing performances pretending to be from the online shopping giant.

child abuse images. Liam Mackay was yesterday sentenced at Inverness Sheriff Court to nearly two years in jail for possessing the horrendous pictures.

covid outbreak at a station in West Lothian. Officers in the Green Watch at the Bathgate station are following government protocols after a colleague tested positive for the deadly virus.

Irish Republican slogans on an Orange hall in an attack dubbed an “anti-Protestant hate crime”.The vandals painted ‘Provos’ and ‘IRA’ in the shape of a cross on the side of the Rutherglen Orange and Purple District hall on Saturday night, January 23.Officers from Police Scotland have launched a probe after members said it was the second time their venue had been attacked by “scum” in less than a fortnight.Jim McHarg, Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland, said: “I am disappointed

police officers ended up in hospital after being poisoned by fumes from a patrol car.An internal probe has been launched after the pair fell ill last weekend.They had been working night shift together in a BMW X5 before becoming unwell.An ambulance was called to take the officers from Glasgow’s Govan station to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.Doctors treated the pair for suspected carbon monoxide poisoning and admitted them to a ward overnight.Police union leaders described last Sunday’s

100-year-old woman is being removed from a care home after her family could no longer bear to see her “fade away”.Doreen Tilly’s great-granddaughter, Sonia Dixon, said she had no other option but to take her out of the facility, which has been in lockdown for 10 months.Sonia, 37, launched a furious attack on the Scottish Government’s “complete and utter failure” to end the elderly’s suffering during the Covid-19 outbreak.She told how Doreen was “full of life” when she celebrated her 100th

drugs and a large quantity of cash during two targeted raids in Lanarkshire. Officers swooped on a property in Motherwell Road, Bellshill, on Wednesday afternoon before uncovering a large haul of heroin, cocaine, cannabis, valium and amphetamine.

hospital after his tractor skidded out of control on an icy road in Fife. Emergency services were called to the scene on the A921, near Otterston Loch, shortly before 1pm on Saturday, January 23.

Jedburgh home on Wednesday at 11pm.

Scottish police fear losing the right to extradite serious criminals from many EU states, including Germany and Poland, as a result of Brexit.The UK assured the 27 remaining countries that it would continue to co-operate with them all if a UK citizen was wanted for a serious crime on the continent.But 13 of them resolved to refuse future extradition requests from the UK because of fears the human rights of their citizens would not be respected post-Brexit.Extradition was used in 2008 to bring

St Andrews, is now a regular contributor to the Walkhighlands website, where she shares her adventures with the hiking community.

Aberdeen. The truck was spreading salt on Deeside Gardens when the wheels lost traction on the road causing the large vehicle to begin sliding.

Aberdeen University to honour the legacy of a student who took her own life following an abusive relationship. The new award will recognise students who have gone over and above in the support of a friend or fellow student.Law student Emily Drouet, 18, was found dead in her halls of residence in March 2016.

Police were called to break up a protest outside a Scots home - just hours after tougher measures came in to force to stop the spread of Covid-19. Yesterday, entering businesses to purchase takeaway food and drinks was scrapped, as was non-essential click-and-collect services and drinking alcohol in public outdoors.

Police have launched a manhunt after two tracksuit-clad gun thugs robbed a female worker in a "terrifying" raid on a Scots petrol station. The crooks, dressed in Nike and Lacoste tracksuits, targeted the Spar store, next to the Shell Garage in Glasgow at around 9pm last night.

fine.Martin Dawkins, 18, armed himself with the weapon and stormed outside amid claims he was being threatened by a member of his family.Paisley Sheriff Court heard Dawkins was arrested by cops who found him in the town’s Stock Street with the mallet sticking out of his pocket on November 17 last year.This week, he appeared for sentencing after pleading guilty to possessing the mallet.He also admitted a second charge of behaving in a threatening and abusive manner by shouting, bawling and

spying on schoolgirls in a changing room. Dean Martin, 40, used his mobile phone to look at two 13-year-old girls as they changed in cubicles at a Fife leisure centre.

Scots pensioner who was found dead at home. John Burgess was discovered alone within his property at Dundasvale Court in the Cowcaddens area of Glasgow on Thursday, January 7.

missing Scots teenager who was last seen in his pyjamas.Robbie Innes went missing at around 10.30am in Wallyford, East Lothian.The 16-year-old had not been seen since and cops now mounted a search for the missing boy.Police Scotland have issued a description of the youth where they say people should look out for a boy in 'onesie or pyjama style clothing'.A statement from East Lothian police read: "Police Officers in East Lothian are appealing for information to help trace a boy reported missing