Crime

A motorist found slumped in his car holding a syringe of methodone was fined for being in charge of a vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs.

A Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) will begin next month into the death of a nursery teacher struck by a lorry in Drumnadrochit.

Police in Alness have appealed for witnesses and information after an attempted break-in at an industrial estate.

A tree surgeon was "obsessed" with growing the perfect cannabis after one of his two customers praised him for the quality.

A police watchdog has highlighted lessons to be learned following an investigation into a firearms incident in the Highland capital.

A New Year's Day drink-driver who was four times the legal limit and disqualified was put off the road for five years at Wick Sheriff Court.

Police are seeking information after a bench and handrail were damaged.

An Easter Ross man with several convictions for stalking ex-partners and domestic abuse was told he is 'on the knife-edge' of a prison sentence.

She made clear: "Given your previous conviction and the disgraceful background to these offences, only a custodial sentence is appropriate."

Money was paid into the account of a fictitious employee and the cash then split between the pair, Highland court told.

He will appear again in the next eight days.

A new campaign has launched aiming to raise awareness of victims’ rights and peoples’ right to access support if they are affected by crime.

A motorist claimed to police he had smashed his car in Wester Ross after he had swerved to avoid a deer.

A 79-year-old woman was pushed to the floor when she intervened to stop a man viciously assaulting her daughter.

The victim of a vicious Alness assault by a man and a woman was able to identify his attackers leading to their arrest shortly afterwards.

It may be the most romantic day of the year, but police have urged would-be love birds to beware romance scams and scammers

Sickening scammers are targetting grieving families online, a Highland funeral directors has warned.

A Romanian citizen staying in Dingwall claimed he met an Albanian stranger in an Edinburgh bar who paid him £200 a day to sell drugs in the Highlands.

A 30-year-old man has been arrested and charged following the recovery of drugs with a potential street value of at least £200,000 in Alness.

Vandals are being hunted by police after an incident in Alness.