The Scotsman

Police use of spray in drugs search justified

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A police officer’s use of an incapacita­nt spray to subdue a man during a drugs search was justified, a watchdog has found.

An investigat­ion by the Police Investigat­ions and Review Commission­er (Pirc) concluded the 32-year-old had posed a danger to the officers trying to detain him and that the use of Pava spray was “proportion­ate”.

The findings relate to an incident in a Dundee car park on the evening of 8 February. The man struggled violently with officers from Police Scotland, forcing one to use Pava irritant spray.

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