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Sep 24, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · David Cowan

    Police arrest 36 in raids on Vietnamese crime gangs across Scotland (opens the original)

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    One of Scotland's biggest police operations has targeted a Vietnamese organised crime group linked to human trafficking and cannabis farms. About 300 officers took part in simultaneous early-morning raids, leading to the arrest of 36 people and the discovery of 14 cannabis-growing operations. In total, police searched or checked 47 addresses in Aberdeen, Dundee, Falkirk, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, Midlothian and the Scottish Borders. Police Scotland allege the gang is involved in

  2. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · David Cowan

    Rapist police officer was first arrested and released 17 years ago (opens the original)

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    A former police sergeant convicted of rape was first arrested 17 years ago following a complaint from one of his victims. Campbell Petrie, 50, is facing a lengthy jail sentence after being found guilty of sex offences and violence against two women between 2006 and 2022. Police Scotland told BBC News that one of the women, who he met through his job, made a complaint of threatening behaviour against Petrie in 2009. He was arrested and held in a police station for five hours, but no further actio

  3. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · David Cowan

    Lockerbie bombing intended 'to inflict pain and horror', US court told (opens the original)

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    The bombing of an American airliner over Lockerbie 37 years ago was intended to inflict "pain and horror," a judge has been told. The US government made the claim as it argued that relatives of the victims should be allowed to give evidence during the trial of a Libyan suspect. Prosecutors believe their testimony will help the jury understand the impact of the attack, which killed 270 people on December 21, 1988. They made the request during the latest hearing on the long-delayed case at the Dis

  4. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · David Cowan

    Early release: What's happening with prisoners in Scotland? (opens the original)

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    The fury over the potential early release in England of the two teenagers who killed PC Andrew Harper has focused public attention on prison overcrowding in a way that hasn't happened in Scotland. The Scottish government has ventured into similarly contentious territory as it tries to find a long-term solution to Scotland's record-breaking prison population. But the absence of such a controversial case has largely kept the story out of the headlines. The key proposal from the SNP administration

  5. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · David Cowan

    Libyan who was cleared after Lockerbie bombing trial dies aged 70 (opens the original)

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    A Libyan who was cleared after standing trial over the Lockerbie bombing has died aged 70. Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah was accused of murdering 270 people in the attack on Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988. He was found not guilty but a second Libyan, Abdulbasset Al Megrahi, was convicted of playing a key role in the bombing of the American airliner. A Facebook post by Libyan Airlines announced Fhimah's death and expressed the company's condolences to his family. Fhimah worked for the carrier in Ma

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