CRIME

Figures for festive crackdown on drink and drug drivers in Highlands revealed

ROAD police in the Highlands are urging motorists to be aware of the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

A new inspector has been appointed to oversee local policing teams in Easter Ross and Sutherland.

A rock band made up of top crime writers is to headline part of the Ullapool Book Festival.

Operators of a Sutherland charity shop have hit out at a thief who made away with jewellery and other items.

Motorists in the Highlands are facing the possibility of roadside drug tests as Scotland gets tougher on drug-driving.

A detective leading the war on drugs in the Highlands has lifted the lid on the worrying tactics being used by ruthless drugs gangs.

An intoxicated, knife-wielding man who caused terror in a Highland port, has been jailed for 120 days.

A Dornoch man caused a total of £1534 worth of damage to two cars and kicked in the door of a property in the town, a court heard.

Jail has had no effect on a phone pest who persists in making nuisance calls to the emergency services, a court was told.

A knife-wielding man caused terror and alarm in the centre of a Highland port last Friday, a court heard.

AN uninsured and unlicensed driver, who had been drinking, tried to evade police by hiding behind a bush in his neighbour’s garden.

An Alness man, who assaulted a supermarket supervisor and then threatened to kill staff, could be put on a curfew.

North MSP Edward Mountain has spoken of his concern at a 34 per cent rise in sexual crimes in the Highlands.