Rare whisky sale shuts down Highlands road

Police were forced to close a road in the Scottish Highlands after an influx of whisky collectors headed to a distillery desperate to get their hands on a limited edition bottle.

AA traffic reports for the area around the Macallan Distillery in Craigellachie, Moray, said around 300 cars were in the area yesterday morning.

Fans travelled from around the UK and were said to have camped overnight to try and snap up a bottle of the limited edition Macallan Genesis on sale at 10am. Police closed a section of the B9102 as cars began to block the road.