A thief hijacked a Royal Mail worker’s van full of parcels before stealing their own car form a nearby depo. Police are probing two connected incidents, which happened in Edinburgh’s Colinton area on Wednesday, and have issued a warning to couriers and delivery drivers to remain vigilant while making drops. …
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A worker has dropped down dead at a Scots Royal Mail sorting depot. Police and paramedics raced to Garrison Place in the Falkirk at around 3pm yesterday afternoon. A 52-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. Read More Related Articles Read More Related Articles The cause of death is …
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Forensic teams are searching a house in Edinburgh in relation to an alleged suspicious package being found at an Edinburgh sorting office. Pictures from the scene show officers in white suits at the house in Broomhall Crescent after the package was discovered at the Royal Mail’s Sighthill depot. Spike Woodbridge, …
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A man has been arrested on Broomhouse Road after reports of a suspicious package at a Royal Mail delivery office in Edinburgh on Sunday. Police said that after enquiries a 41-year-old man has now been arrested, with investigations continuing. Staff were evacuated from the sorting office on Cutlins Road in …
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Staff have been evacuated at a busy Edinburgh Royal Mail delivery hub after a ‘suspicious package’ was found. A bomb squad has been called to the scene at the Sighthill office on Cultins Road after the alarm was raised shortly before 10.30am on Saturday. Police have stressed that there is …
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A scaffolder was caught by border agents buying a stun gun which was shipped to his home from China. Sean Crozier admitted the offence under the Firearms Act and faced a prison sentence for obtaining the device. A court heard the dad-of-two was unaware the purchase made over a shopping …
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Scottish drug dealers are using Snapchat, Instagram and the Royal Mail to keep their criminal enterprises going during lockdown. Dealers are posting price lists on social media and shipping their gear from post offices around the UK. One drugs menu obtained by the Daily Record is called “Class Dunts 2020”. …
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Police have rushed to a Royal Mail delivery office in Saltcoats earlier following reports of a ‘suspicious package.’ Emergency services cordoned off much of the town centre on Thursday evening. There were fears a parcel bomb had been found at the post office in Chapelwell Street, Saltcoats. Emergency services swarmed …
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Two Royal Mail vans were unusable today (17 September) after vandals smashed their windscreens by pelting them with objects that included wine bottles and bricks, according to local postman Fergus Shepherd. He shared a photo of one of the damaged vans on Facebook , saying: “Thanks to the young team, …
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A Royal Mail lorry crashed on the M8 in the centre of Glasgow causing chaos for commuters during rush hour. The crash happened just after 6.30pm at Junction 15 Cathedral, close to the city’s Royal Infirmary and traffic backed up on the motorway westbound close to the exit slip road. …
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