Report Summary
This report provides members of the Scottish Police Authority with an overview of Chief Constable’s Report.
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Meeting
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Meeting of the Scottish Police Authority - 23 March 2023
Date : 23 March 2023
Location : COSLA, Edinburgh
Tackling Drug Crime
Police Scotland and partner agencies in Aberdeen carried out two days of activity under Operation Protector, a partnership with Aberdeen City Council, NHS Grampian, British Transport Police and Alcohol and Drugs Action and Turning Point Scotland, designed to provide sustained support to people with a drug dependency. This partnership action is undertaken with a view to reducing associated risks, while also taking positive enforcement action against those who exploit vulnerable people through the supply of drugs and negatively affect our communities.
Police Scotland’s purpose is to improve the safety and wellbeing of people, places and communities in Scotland and proactive, intelligence led activity continues to be a priority across every Local Division.
On 4 April 2023, officers from Ayrshire’s Proactive Crime Team executed a warrant at a premises in Stevenson. A large-scale cannabis cultivation, with a potential street value of £2,000,000 was discovered within. Four men, aged 30, 32, 34 and 36 were arrested and charged with drugs offences.
On 4 April 2023, while executing a warrant in Selvieland Road, Glasgow, officers from the Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism Unit discovered 1.5Kg Cocaine and 100g Herbal Cannabis worth an estimated street value of £65,000. A 27 year old male was arrested and charged in connection with drugs offences.
