Crime

Highlands & Islands Regional MSP and long time road safety campaigner, David Stewart is disappointed that the drink drive statistics for Quarter 3 (1 April 2018 - 31 December 2018) in the Highlands & Islands Division has shown that for the same period in 2017/18 there were 294 drink drivers and for this period in 2018/19 there have been 309.

A 27-year-old man has been jailed for four months at Selkirk Sheriff Court after admitting the reset of stolen goods.

Garry Stewart pleaded guilty to the reset of a stolen crash helmet, pair of waders and satnav system.

New figures have revealed that a record 167 incidents of domestic abuse were recorded by the police in the Western Isles in 2017-18.

CNES Trading standards are advising residents not to respond to a scam Euromillions Commonwealth Lottery letter currently in circulation in the islands.

Frauds relating to credit or debit cards and taxis are on the rise, according to new figures published by Police Scotland.

Alarming new figures reveal more than a quarter of teenagers confess to behaving in a way that could endanger their life on the railway – and one in admitted to walking along the railway line.

These are the people most wanted by police forces in the UK in relation to alleged sexual offences.

Police Scotland is warning the public to be alert after businesses and individuals across the country were scammed out of millions of pounds.

A rapist who carried out a series of sex attacks in the Western Isles has been locked up for 11 years.

Uninsured drivers are to be targeted this week by Police Scotland, in partnership with the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB), in a week of action, which will run until Sunday, January 28th.

Police in the Borders and East Lothian have arrested and charged five men in connection with hare coursing offences.

Trading Standards at Comhairle nan Eilean Siar are advising residents that there have been reports of a cold calling scam, where the caller claims to be calling from HMRC.

Police are looking for witnesses following a hit and run collision which left a young man in hospital.

Over the last 12 months independent charity Crimestoppers has received a record number of reports from the public across Scotland, as the people speak up to help make our streets and communities safer for us all.

Local policing officers in the Western Isles are urging residents to be on their guard against doorstep crime.

Police Scotland has launched the second week-long summer drink/drug drive campaign to coincide with a time of year when statistics show Scotland’s road users are at their highest risk of being killed or seriously injured because the driver was under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

A warning has been issued over pet fraud - after a national increase was reported.