Category: Crime Watch

According to Police Scotland, it seized £25 million worth of control drugs across Scotland. This includes in cities in Morayshire and Aberdeenshire. It has arrested over 80 people in the last three months, and drugs including heroin, cannabis as well as millions of pounds confiscated.

“Tackling serious organised crime remains one of our key priorities. I am encouraged to report that the figures show that we are continuing to make progress and have an impact on those involved”.

“By working with a wide range of partners, such as colleagues in the Serious Organised Crime Taskforce, we are absolutely committed to keeping our communities safe by disrupting the activities of these groups”.

“We can’t do this on our own. We need the help of the public to continue to diminish the activities and identify the vulnerabilities of these groups”.

“Over 20 people from across Glasgow and Lanarkshire were arrested and charged after heroin with a street value of almost £1.5 million was recovered as part of Operation Demolish.

“In Glasgow, Operation Track, targeted organised criminals and resulted in 46 people being arrested. The officers also seized £280,000 of cash and drugs including heroin, cocaine and cannabis.

“The latest management information also shows that 43 Serious Crime Prevention Orders have been granted, 12 Serious Organised Crime Groups have been disrupted and in July, four individuals from Glasgow were sentenced to a total of 32 years in prison after being found guilty of being involved in serious organised crime.”

A number of people are believed to have been injured after a stabbing at London Bridge, according to the police. Members of the public had joined forces together to wrestle down the man who had a kitchen knife of about 6inches before police arrived.
The Met said one man had been shot by police and it was treating the incident “as though it is terror related”.
The British prime minister tweeted he was being updated on the incident and wanted to thank police and all emergency services for their response.

The terrorist suspect attacker had been in jail for previous terror offenses. He has been identified as 28-year-old Usman Khan, Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said in a statement.

Khan had been residing in the Staffordshire area in England. Police are carrying out a search at an address in the county of Staffordshire.

Khan was known to authorities having been convicted in 2012 for terrorism offenses and released from prison in December 2018 on license, according to the statement.

When prisoners are released on a license, they are given an electronic tag and they must abide by certain conditions like a home detention curfew, according to a Crown Prosecution Service barrister. If they violate the conditions, they are returned to prison without an appeal.

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It’s been a busy time for the police as they continue to pull over motorists for various offences ranging from no seat belt, expired MOT certificate, over speeding, no insurance, defective lights, etc. Motorist in Moray towns particularly in Elgin, and Motorists in Aberdeenshire; Peterhead, Buckie, Cullen, Banff etc have had the worst times of the year as officers set out to curb motoring offences.

Do you check your documents?  Are you aware of when they expire? It helps to set a phone reminder, diary record to remind you of the expiration of your vehicle particulars.

Drink driving offences have also been on the increase in recent months as an alleged drunk driver was stopped on College Bounds Fraserburgh on Saturday and was more than 4 times legal limit to drive. A driver was reported to Procurator Fiscal this weekend in Whitecairns for refusing to provide breath test and is kept in custody, another driver in Fraserburgh was found 4 times over the limit accepted All these drivers were reported by concerned members of the public.  Drink driving is NOT acceptable! #IfYouDrinkDontDrive #IfYouAreDrivingDontDrink

Police in Aberdeen have arrested and charged a 27-year-old woman in connection with the theft of money from a man on Union Street, which took place around 1.30pm on Tuesday 19 November. The woman will appear at Aberdeen Sheriff Court today (Friday 22 November). #WhatAManCanDoAWomanCanDoToo #RidTheSocietyOfCrime

Moray Police have carried out a drug search at an address in Lossiemouth where drugs were recovered and one person arrested. In recent times, there has been an increase in drug raid by officers in Buckie, Elgin, Lossiemouth and other towns in Moray as a result of tip off and intelligence received, there appears to be a community wide cooperation and initiative which has helped the police to do its job. #RidYourNeighbourhoodOfDrugs

Elgin Police have been on patrol all night carrying out checks on vehicles and motorists and determining if they are road worthy. They are checking for things like insurance, MOT, and road tax. Any motorist without any of these requirements will be reported to the Sheriff court. Ensure all  your car documents are in order. #DontRuinTheFestiveBlues

An unlucky and non law abiding motorists was caught by Officers from the Roads Policing Unit recently, the driver of this vehicle at Reiket Lane, in New Elgin was found to have no insurance, the vehicle seized and driver reported to Elgin Sheriff Court, according to police statement. Driving without insurance is a very serious offence, you could get a fixed penalty of £300 and 6 penalty points, and the court could disqualify the offender from driving.

According to the Police in Elgin, they are appealing for witnesses following a serious assault that took place in the City Centre. The incident happened around 2am on Sunday 17 November, 2019 on High Street where a 56-year old man has suffered serious facial injuries. He was taken to Dr.Grays Hospital, Moray.

Sergeant Phil Wu of the Divisional Alcohol and Violence Reduction Unit, Elgin, said: “From our enquiries so far, we believe that there may have been a group of men in their 20s involved in the assault. “A number of people would have been in the area at the time and we are particularly keen on speaking to a woman wearing a red dress or jumpsuit who may have witnessed this assault. “If you have any information relating to this incident please contact police on 101 quoting incident number 0504 of 17 November 2019, or alternatively, call Crimestoppers on  0800 555 111 where information can be passed on anonymously.” #Purge criminals in your city.

The law in action as Sergeant Menzies and his colleagues from the Elgin Community Policing team raided a house in Elgin after been tipped off. Drugs recovered and enquiries ongoing. The police released a statement saying they value all information received from the public and anyone with info should call the police on 101. #Help your community to be drug free!

A repulsive crime was committed on a 82 year old woman when her personal carer raped her after wheeling her 86 year old husband to the next room.

59 years old Simon Prodanovich,  told his victim “ladies like that” before pouncing on his victim in her suburban Melbourne home. The court heard that the woman demanded Prodanovich to “stop, that’s enough of it”, before he fled the house. Judge Susan Pullen described his actions as nothing short of “appalling, reprehensible and repulsive”. The rape had “brutalised” the woman and left her feeling angry and fearful at men. According to the woman’s daughter, her mother is now weary of where men might be and fearing what they might do to her. Prodanovich was jailed for a maximum of eight years and must serve five-and-a-half years before becoming eligible for release on parole.