Drugs and cash seized by cops in raids at Scots properties as two charged

A man has been ordered to pay back £600,000 in unpaid tax after a raid of his home and the seizure of £1million from several bank accounts in one of Scotland's largest ever tax settlement cases.

Scottish Water bosses have been blasted for announcing a 5% hike in charges during a cost of living crisis.

A female cyclist who died in hospital after being knocked off her bike on a rural road in the Highlands has been named by police.

A man has been charged in connection with an alleged early morning ram-raid on a convenience store in Dundee.

A crackdown on drugs being smuggled into Perth Prison was launched by police.

A man and a woman have been found dead at a home in Dumfries and Galloway.

Police have arrested a 41-year-old man in connection with an alleged weapons incident on the streets of a quiet village. Officers, including specialist armed response units, were called to an address in Port Elphinstone, immediately south of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, shortly before 3pm on Wednesday, January 25.

Police have swooped on a street in a quiet Aberdeenshire village amid reports of a man seen with a 'possible weapon'.

The Scottish Government has been accused of allowing millions of pounds to be wasted during the battle to bring down drug deaths.

A man has died suddenly at a home in Renfrew.

Police have launched a desperate search for two missing teens who were last seen in a Lanarkshire town. Lucas McCombe and Jamie Marc Walker were last seen around 1 pm on Thursday, 19th January, in Coatbridge.

A gang of masked yobs are being hunted by police after a man was allegedly attacked with weapons on a street in Balloch. Police say the 23-year-old was seriously assaulted at around 3.05am on Wednesday, January 11, by a number of suspects who emerged from two vehicles on Dalvait Road.

On last night's The Chase, a Scot took on Chaser Jenny Ryan but her fellow contestant made a dig at her, despite making it back to the team.

Police have seized £750,000 worth of cannabis during a bust at a house in East Ayrshire.

Four tonnes of illegal tobacco worth £1 million was seized in one of Scotland's biggest HMRC raids.

A Scots school was locked down after a woman's body was discovered at a nearby property.

Hometown boy Graham McKean is excited at the prospect of showcasing his work in his own area from next week at Irvine's Harbour Arts Centre (HAC)

Police have released CCTV footage of a missing Scots mum who was last seen walking along a busy road in Glasgow a week ago. Shona McKenna was last spotted on Tollcross Road, near Carmyle Avenue, in the Shettleston area of the city on Wednesday, January 4.

A fraudster conned taxpayers out of nearly £30,000 by pretending he was living alone despite being involved in a 20-year relationship.

A man has been charged as a woman was rushed to hospital after a crash in Fife on Tuesday morning.