Scots cops warn over 'callous' Amazon scam where crooks take over your computer to nick details

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

horror crash this afternoon leaving four people in hospital.The incident happened on the A90 between Dundee and Perth just before 2pm on February 20.Four occupants of the vehicle were rushed to Ninewells Hospital, in Dundee, following the smash.Officers from Police Scotland shut down a large stretch of dual carriageway following the major incident.Witnesses described at least 15 emergency vehicles at the scene near the slip road to the village of St Madoes.A Police Scotland spokesperson said:

Aberdeen in a chilling phone threat.Locals reported seeing armed police and dog units swoop on the city's Greenburn Drive in the Bankhead area.Dramatic pictures show several police vans and cars near the Crofter's shop.It comes after a man phoned the police and said he had a knife and wanted to harm officers.Cops searched for the caller around the city and traced a man at Greenburn Drive at around 2pm.Police have said a 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident.A Police

A90.The stash was found inside a BMW 4 Series after Road Policing Officers pulled the vehicle over near the Abernyte junction on Friday, 19 February.A search just after 5.25pm revealed a quantity of drugs, which is thought to be cannabis. A 26-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the recovery.

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

CCTV appeal after two thugs robbed a female worker in a "terrifying" raid on a Scots petrol station last month.The crooks targeted the Spar store next to the Shell Garage in Glasgow at around 9pm on Friday, January 15.They made off with hundreds of pounds in cash and fled from the scene, in Edinburgh Road, in an unknown direction.Today, cops have released images of two men they wish to speak to as part of their ongoing enquiries into the incident.The first man is described as white, between

Nick Nairn had to bail out the damage after finding himself flooded by four inches of water at his Cook School. Stirling born Nick, who became the youngest Scottish chef to win a Michelin Star in the early 1990s, had to close the school at Lake of Menteith during lockdown in accordance with government guidelines.

St Andrews have been left stunned after a local stream turned bright orange.The Kinness Burn was left the unusual shade following days of heavy snowfall and rain in the area, although the exact cause of the discolouration is unknown.Environmental officers have now launched an investigation into the phenomenon, which may be the result of water from historic mine works.Some locals have since dubbed the water the 'Irn Bru Burn' due to its similarity in colour to the famous fizzy drink.

Storm Darcy.Using skis, snowboards and "anything from their homes", revellers flocked to the area last night after the city was blanketed in snow.Freezing conditions blanketed the city in snow over night, turning the West End park into a scene from the Alps.However, the images prompted concern from some residents over the lack of social distancing in place.Dozens of people were pictured huddled up along the park’s banks, despite the recommended two metre distance.In one image, a wall of people

police officers were left furious after being ordered to cancel vaccine appointments amid confusion over their entitlement to jabs.A string of officers secured slots for the vaccine at Ayr Hospital after a booking number was circulated among colleagues earlier this month.But when police chiefs got wind of the appointments, they were ordered to scrap them because the force is still awaiting the result of Scottish Government discussions on when staff will be given access to the jab.  One angry

Lanarkshire man has been arrested and charged by police in connection with an offensive tweet about Sir Captain Tom Moore.Officers from Police Scotland received a report about the derogatory remarks made on Twitter after the 100-year-old veteran died last week.A 35-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with communication offences, it was today announced.He is due to appear at Lanark Sheriff Court on Wednesday, February 17.Tributes from across the world poured in for the hero

Covid ­powers by ­bursting into a terrified couple’s ­bedroom and hurling a pet dog out of the way.Defence lawyer Aamer Anwar – who is part of a watchdog group monitoring the use of ­temporary coronavirus laws – has called the late-night raid the “worst incident to date”.Chef Cameron Meechan, 26, claims he and girlfriend Danielle McHugh were in bed watching Netflix when about 10 police officers broke the door off its hinges and wrestled him to the ground.During the incident – ­understood to have

crash has shut down a busy Scots road with emergency crews on the scene. The smash happened at around 12.20pm this afternoon on the A835 approximately five miles from Braemar, at Loch Droma.Emergency services raced to the area and shut down the road in both directions.

coronavirus vaccine scammer after visiting a Scots pensioner to offer the jab. There was concern in the Dumfries community after a woman showed up to administer the vaccination in the Heathall area yesterday.

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

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.

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

£250million investment in treatment will be repaid many times over.Funded residential rehab was all but abandoned after focus was put on the costs and on the people who failed to get drug free after treatment.But activists who battled for a return to services that try to get people drug free won a major triumph when Nicola Sturgeon approved a £20million annual spend on rehab as part of the £50million a year extra funding.University graduate Viki Campbell, 48, tried to get off drugs for more than