Crime

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.

Police Scotland is reappealing for help to trace a man who has been missing from the Lanark area since Sunday,March 25.

Police Scotland is warning the public to be alert after businesses and individuals across the country were scammed out of millions of pounds.

British Transport Police officers in Scotland are supporting a national week of action tackling knife crime.

A man has been arrested and charged in relation to an alleged armed robbery at Law Bowling Club.

Two men and one woman have been arrested in connection with alleged drugs offences following an intelligence-led operation on Friday, December 29 2017 which recovered drugs worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.

A sick thug armed with what appeared to be a gun terrified staff at Law Bowling Club before fleeing with five charity tins and a small sum in cash.

A 35-year-old man has been arrested and charged following an alleged incident in Aberdeen involving the television chef Nick Nairn.

Police are appealing for witnesses after an armed robbery at a Carluke newsagent on Sunday morning.

A 56-year-old man was left fighting for his life after being stabbed in a Lanark street.

As part of ongoing enquiries into high value tool theft a quantity of power tools have been recovered and the police are looking to reunite them with their rightful owners.