Drug haul found in police raid

THOUSANDS of pounds worth of drugs and money was seized by officers during a police bust in the West End.

Cops from Glasgow’s North West Police Division had been patrolling the Hyndland area at the weekend before a vehicle was searched.

A large sum of cash and illegal drugs were retrieved during the search.

A 23-year-old man was arrested in connection to possession with intent to supply.

A statement from Police Scotland said: “Over the weekend officers from the community team were out on foot patrol in the Hyndland area and searched a vehicle, finding several thousand pounds worth of drugs.”

A DANGER-TO-LIFE weather warning was in force as heavy rain and high winds sweep the country.

The Met Office issued an amber warning of rain in central and southern Scotland which was valid from midday yesterday until 6am today.

It warned that persistent heavy rain on saturated ground would bring further flooding and that fast flowing or deep floodwater is likely, causing danger to life, while homes and businesses are likely to be flooded.

Sepa has issued 13 flood warnings.

ILOVE a roadmap – would you really expect me to say anything different? Right enough, I rarely use one these days. After decades of driving on Glasgow’s streets, I have my own G postcode roadmap imprinted in my brain! When I go on holiday – remember them?! – I will always buy a roadmap for the local town rather than rely on technology. But that’s just the taxi driver in me.

Roadmaps take me right back to when I did the famous topographical test, The Knowledge, the legendary exam which all Glasgow taxi drivers must pass before getting behind the wheel.

The preparation for The Knowledge led to many a late night separating my Killin Streets from my Carmunnock Roads, my Mosspark Boulevards from my Millhouse Crescents.

(Bonus point to the first driver or reader who can tell me the location of each of those!) Anyway, why am I rattling on about roadmaps? Well, yesterday saw the announcement and publication of the much-anticipated Scotland roadmap out of lockdown.

We’ve had a few false dawns before, but whatever anyone’s take is on this, at least it’s only going in a positive direction.

I heard some people say the Scottish version of the roadmap wasn’t clear enough, lacked dates, was too slow.

I heard others say we need to be cautious, can’t afford to undo the good work, it can’t be faster. Me? I’m somewhere in the middle.

I’m just glad we’re having the conversation at all. After 11 months during which the twists and turns of the pandemic have led us down many dark tunnels which we’ve struggled to see light at the end of, I’ll take any roadmap out of lockdown thank you.

Yep, I’m all set and ready for the final journey out of this awful 12 months.

I can’t wait to put my full Knowledge to the test again when the punters start to safely make their way back to something approaching normal life once more.

Location – Lockdown

Destination – Freedom Central

Cost – Priceless

Stay safe!

A MOTORCYCLIST is in hospital with serious injuries after a crash outside a car auction house.

The 62-year-old was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for treatment on Monday night.

His current condition is not known.

His white Honda CB650 motorcycle was involved in a crash with a grey Ford Kuga in Royston Road next to the British Car Auctions building.

The driver of the Ford Kuga, a 46-year-old man, was uninjured.

Cops closed the road for around five hours.