A new initiative has been launched by Police Scotland and a number of partner organisations to try to tackle in Angus’s rural communities and enhance cime prevention.

Several quad bikes were stolen from the properties in Aberdeenshire over two months.

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A lamb was also found in the back of the vehicle, which has since been reunited with a local farmer.

POLICE have encouraged rural communities to protect their fuel after a major fuel theft by Dufftown.

A 73-year-old man has been charged after a sheep worrying incident in Moray resulted in the death of four lambs.

Sixteen lambs have been killed in a suspected livestock worrying incident in Fife, following a call by the sheep sector for more action to tackle the crime.

A 33-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the theft of plant machinery from a rural property in Aberdeenshire.

Key issues including rural acquisitive crime, drugs, antisocial behaviour and speeding continue to be the main focus of attention from the Scottish Borders Community Action Team (CAT).

An appeal's been launched for help after thieves struck in overnight raids in the Borders.

FARMS in the Borders could benefit from a new security system following a successful trial in South Lanarkshire.

Police are treating the death of the 74-year-old as suspicious following the results of a post-mortem examination.

Officers in Banchory are appealing for information in relation to a high-value theft of power tools at the Royal Deeside Railway Preservation Society’s yard, Milton of Crathes.

A new partnership has been formed which aims to tackle the growing scourge of rural crime in the north east of Scotland, an area among the worst affected.

OFFICERS are appealing for information after reports of fly-tipping in the Borders.