Crime

Police in South Lanarkshire are appealing for information following a number of incidents which were reported after the last few days.

Police Scotland are appealing for information after a three-figure sum of money was stolen from an elderly in town at the weekend.

Police in Forth Valley teamed up recently with First Bus to promote Operation Monarda, Police Scotland’s national campaign aimed at tackling bogus callers and doorstep crime.

Between May 19 and 21, a tractor, trailer and bulldozer were stolen from Recycling Pallet Services, Ponfiegh Road in Sandilands. The John Deere tractor was attached to the trailer which had the Bulldozer on it and all three items were stolen together.

Anyone can be a victim of a bogus caller or rogue trader – so don’t let your doorstep be their marketplace.

Police in Lanark are appealing for witnesses after an assault outside the town’s train station.

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

The Gazette has been praised after it stepped in to help a Lanark charity resolve a two-year-old problem.

Police Scotland is urgently appealing to the public for any information they may have on a sneak theft carried out on an 84 year old householder.

Police Scotland has appointed a new Inspector to cover the Clydesdale Valley patch, including Lanark and Carluke, along with the many outlying rural areas.

Police officers searching for Lanark man, William Higgins, missing from Auctioneers Way, Lanark since Sunday,March 25, were called to a report of a body being found at Cartland Crags Woodland area, Lanark around 5.45pm yesterday (Tuesday April 17).

A Lanark family are embarrassed and distraught to find they have lost £6400 in an elaborate online scam between March 29 and April 5.

MSP for Clydesdale Aileen Campbell has called on Clydesdale constituents to ensure they do not become victims of fraud.

Police officers have arrested a man for a number of alleged offences, including several attempted thefts.

Officers from Police Scotland raided a home on Mousebank Road, Lanark last week, when a search of the property found a total of 81 plants which are believed to be cannabis.

Officers from Police Scotland are investigating a number of crimes reported to them in the last three weeks.

Police Scotland officers at Lanark are seeking the public’s help as they investigate the shooting of a bird of prey.

Police Scotland is appealing for members of the public to come forward with dash-cam footage to help trace a 49-year-old man who has been missing from his home in Lanark since Sunday, March 25.

The Scottish SPCA has revealed that in 2017 their frontline staff responded to over 8140 incidents as a result of calls to their animal helpline in South Lanarkshire.