Crime

Directed patrols with particular focus on the beach esplanade where young drivers congregate in Fraserburgh has targeted anti-social behaviour.

The north-east detection rate for break-ins to secure areas “plummeted” in the spring – prompting further warnings about police resources.

Pro-active action by officers saw millions of pounds worth of illegal drugs recovered, between April and June 2023.

Network Rail has been fined £6.7million for health and safety failings which led to a train derailment and the tragic loss of three lives.

A combination of increasing demands along with a reduction in officers and staff is having a detrimental effect on Police Scotland’s performance.

Officers in Moray are appealing for information following the theft of a quad bike from a farm at Mid Knauchland, north of Huntly.

Officers executed a search warrant at a property in Inverbervie where cannabis cultivation with an estimated street value of £250,000 was recovered.

Residents in Turriff who have been plagued by anti-social driving are amongst the first to express concerns over a north-east police service trial.

Police Scotland confirmed it had received a report of a "serious sexual assault" near the River Don and St James's Place in Inverurie

Hard choices are being made to deliver effective policing within the funding available in the north-east.

Officers have arrested a man and woman and recovered a large quantity of Class A drugs after vehicle stop at Craibstone.

A BUCKIE 18-year-old who blamed buses for his "pathetic" unpaid work record has been given another six weeks.

A MORAY 50-year-old who stole his ex-partner's card to go to the pub has been ordered to pay her £350.

A MORAY wind turbine technician's actions after crashing a car got him fined and banned from driving.

Police are appealing for information following the theft of two John Deere ‘StarFire’ GPS tracking systems fitted to two John Deere tractors.

A MORAY man who did only "seven hours in nearly a year" of court-ordered unpaid work has been given a last chance to avoid jail.

Two men aged 22 and 24 have been arrested and charged in connection with housebreakings in Blairs, Banchory-Devenick, Findon and Portlethen.

THE incidents took place on Sunday and Monday, August 20 and 21.

A MORAY flat resident seen "aggressively banging" a neighbour's door – while holding a baseball bat – has been sentenced.

A LEARNER driver (17) caught drink driving in Buckie has been disqualified from trying to obtain a licence for a year.