Crime

A driver has been charged with drink-driving, another has been caught drug-driving and others were seen speeding during a police NC500 crackdown.

Trading standards have seized a significant quantity of illicit tobacco products from a retailer in the Highlands, the local authority has announced.

That’s the fear after Police Scotland’s chief warned the force will need to review officer recruitment to meet rising National Insurance costs.

Faces of the perpetrators who vandalised the public toilets at Whitechapel Road in Wick have been recorded thanks to CCTV cameras.

Wick’s community council discussed the problem of vehicles flouting the law when accessing the pedestrian precinct - rising bollards to be sited.

A man whose dog attacked a deer while being used to hunt hares at a Caithness cemetery has become the first to be convicted under new hunting laws.

A 53-year-old man is due in court today after being arrested in connection with various offences that led to a massive manhunt last week.

Wick police report shows a ‘noticeable uplift in the amount of persons being arrested’ with January crime stats revealed.

Teens as young as 14 were detected with weapons and drugs by police stop-and-search officers in Caithness during a six month period.

A mass killer with Caithness connections is the subject of a new book called Six Little Heads: The 1905 Amesbury Murders.

A heavy police presence continues on the outskirts of Wick after a manhunt was launched yesterday afternoon when a driver absconded after a crash.

Police were desperately searching for a driver that crashed into one of their vehicles around the Hempriggs area just south of Wick on Thursday.

Police in Thurso have seized cocaine with a street value of £70,000 over the past two months.

The Highlands had the highest number of drug-driving offences recorded in Scotland during the festive period, according to figures shared by police.

The rises of 19 per cent and 28 per cent come after Chief Superintendent Rob Shepherd warned “something has to give”.

Chief Superintendent Robert Shepherd says the numbers are of ‘significant concern’

Key to the approach is working the Merseyside officers to tackle those dealing in the north.

A man has been arrested following a significant drug bust in Thurso yesterday (January 23) and is expected to appear in court today.

An investigation is being carried out by the British Transport Police after a break-in at Thurso railway station on Monday night (January 13).

Scammers are targeting Highland rail passengers with fake unlimited travel deals, ScotRail has warned.