Crime

Police in the Highlands have pledged to continue patrols of one of the most high-profile routes in the country.

Public confidence in the Highland police has risen during the coronavirus pandemic, a new report claims.

BOAT-going thieves are being sought by police in Ross-shire after they stole "heavy" fishing equipment from a boat shed.

Police have cordoned off an area in Wick as enquiries are ongoing into the attempted murder of a 17-year-old.

A SICK dog led to a 36-year-old Alness man being handed a six-year motoring ban after admitting his sixth driving while disqualified offence.

A quantity of cannabis has been recovered from a home in Dingwall following a swoop this morning, police say.

A retired consultant ophthalmologist has appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court accused of killing his neighbour.

A Greek man fascinated by the self-professed 'wickedest man in the world' kept visiting the ruins of his mansion and terrorising a couple there.

POLICE have appealed for information after an attempted break-in at a Ross-shire Citizens Advice Bureau site.

A DNA test on blood found in a Wester Ross sailing club didn't reveal the identity of who had broken in until months later.

An Inverness-born teenager shot dead in Texas was out on bail for possessing drugs.

A car stolen from a household in Inverness was later found abandoned and burnt out in Alness.

Police have arrested a man in Inverness city centre after he was seen in possession of a knife.

The details behind the death of a teenager originally from the Highland capital will be shared with a Grand Jury in Texas.

Police in Easter Ross have issued a witness appeal after vandalism to a car parked in Invergordon.

Police in Easter Ross are appealing for information about an early hours van fire which it is believed was deliberately started.

An act of vandalism on cars parked near the centre of Alness yesterday afternoon has prompted a police appeal for help tracing the perpetrator.

FIVE men have been charged after drugs with a combined street value worth £700,000 were seized in rural areas of Alness.

A THIEF who stole a late husband's wedding band while decorating the widow's house in Beauly has avoided a jail sentence.

THE theft of a large flightless bird that a Ross-shire couple raised from a chick has left them heartbroken – and they are pleading for his return.