Crime

Police sniffer dog Chief has helped officers remove £15,000 worth of cannabis from the streets of Inverness after detecting the haul on Wednesday.

'It is a miracle you didn't kill yourself or some other innocent road user. You have a very poor history of complying with the Road Traffic Act.'

A rapist has been jailed for 13 years after being convicted of sex and physical assaults on three women in the Inverness and Ross-shire areas.

Angry residents claim antisocial behaviour in the Asda car park in Ivanhoe Avenue is happening almost nightly – and sometimes as late as 4am.

A man was in hospital with "serious" injuries and another has been arrested and charged following a disturbance in Inverness on Saturday evening.

A fed-up taxi driver is calling out a worrying rise in violent and abusive behaviour by Inverness passengers in 2023.

Police chief speaks out to reassure residents.

The arrest follows a number of homophobic incidents at the award-winning Bridge Street bakehouse in recent months.

Officers are also still appealing for witnesses and dash-cam footage in connection with the two-car crash at Invergloy at around 5pm on December 24.

A city café repeatedly targeted by bigots in recent months has vowed to fight their hate with love after they were targeted again at Christmas.

Detectives are appealing for information after a series of break-ins at houses in the Highlands.

LGBTQ+ community groups have responded to the latest episode of hate crime which owners of the popular Xoko cafe in Inverness faced last week.

Foul graffiti scrawled on the windows of the Inverness constituency offices of two Tory MSPs has been reported to police.

Police are alerting Dalneigh residents to a spate of thefts from unlocked and “insecure” cars and vans.

Police are appealing for information after a car was struck by an object and damaged while being driven in Inverness city centre.

A man has been charged by police after a search for the driver of a lorry that reportedly struck a rail bridge in Inverness.

A man has been sent to prison for 18 months after admitting offence following £50k drugs haul in Eastfield Way car park.

A woman has admitted teaming up with her mother to con her family in a fake Hollywood actress scam.

Police have urged Highland residents to be on the alert after the force received reports from locals who had received scam callers.

A festive drink and drug driving clampdown by Highland police has led to 30 arrests in the first fortnight of December.