Crime

Am Edinburgh-based Spanish native with a job assembling rockets to carry satellites into space has admitted drink-driving on a Ross-shire road.

POLICE who called at a Balintore man’s home on a routine enquiry were greeted with an ‘overwhelming’ smell of cannabis, a court heard.

An Easter Ross man who relapsed into drug-taking to cope with his stress during the coronavirus lockdown smashed up a friend's house, a court heard.

Police witnessed the driver on the A9 this morning, Wednesday, while carrying out checks as part of the Operation Cedar campaign.

AN ancient Highland broch has been targeted by thieves who stole a large 'cast iron casting' from the site, police have confirmed.

POLICE have appealed for information after a digger was damaged near a Ross river.

ILLEGAL house parties during the coronavirus crisis sparked hundreds of call-outs for Scotland's police at the weekend.

SCAMMERS are targetting Highlanders with bogus letters claiming they've won a postcode lottery cash windfall.

A business hit with thousands of pounds worth of damage is back up and running.

A STRING of business break-ins and reports of attempted fraud have prompted calls for Ross-shire residents to remain on high alert.

Two Easter Ross brothers armed themselves with a baseball bat and a fence post and went to a pub to continue a previous fight.

An Alness driver reacted angrily when stopped by police for a routine document check.

POLICE in Easter Ross are appealing for information after a teenage girl reported being pushed and followed by a man.

A BLACK Isle business which helped put food on people's tables right through the coronavirus crisis is set to reopen after being hit by an intruder.

The Renee MacRae case is due back in court more than a year after the man accused of killing her and her son Andrew appeared in court in Inverness.

Officers were aiming to tackle poor driver behaviour during the campaign in a bid to reduce the number of people injured or killed on the roads.

Noisy neighbours prompted a Dingwall man to angrily confront the family.

A fourth man alleged to have been involved in a brawl in Inverness has appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court.

A row in a Highland shop car park led to a ferry skipper’s vehicle being damaged with a knife.

A Dingwall woman has been confined to her home at night for the next four months for a driving offence.