Crime

A building was left damaged by an arson attack at the back of Hawick High Street this morning, June 22.

Drugs worth more than £3,000 were recovered in Galashiels yesterday.

Following three cold-call attempts to defraud Borders residents yesterday (Wednesday) police are reminding people to be vigilant.

Police investigating the disappearance of a Melrose woman who has been missing since Saturday have released new photographs of the 26-year-old.

A 20-year-old male has appeared from custody at Selkirk Sheriff Court accused of struggling violently with his mother and threatening to harm himself with a crossbow.

A pensioner sent sexual messages via social media to an undercover police officer thinking they were going to a 13-year-old girl, Selkirk Sheriff Court has been told.

A 42-year-old man has been ordered to carry out 60 hours’ unpaid work for hiring a taxi between Galashiels and Innerleithen but not paying the £25 fare.

A man has been warned he will be sent to prison if he does not complete unpaid work required as part of a community payback order.

A 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection with alleged weapons offences after a disturbance at a house in the Howden Road area of Jedburgh last night.

A teenager has admitted breaching an anti-social behaviour order by playing music at excessive volume at his Buccleuch Road home in Selkirk on Hogmanay.

A woman has been spared jail for a benefit fraud running to almost £27,000 after Selkirk Sheriff Court was told she was paying back that money.

A woman has admitted driving while more than five times the legal alcohol limit and will be sentenced next month.

A man smashed windows at his partner’s home in a drunken rage after seeing a man dressed as a druid going inside.

A health worker has been accused of stealing £350 worth of donations from the Margaret Kerr Unit at the Borders General Hospital in Melrose.

Memorials in both Hawick and Selkirk have been targetted by vandals.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a hit and run collision between a motorcycle and a tanker on the A68 on Sunday, June 17.

Police are appealing for information to help trace a 26-year-old Melrose woman who has been reported missing since Saturday evening.

A 29-year-old woman has admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner at the Borders General Hospital in Melrose.

A man has been jailed for seven months at Jedburgh Sheriff Court after admitting headbutting two police officers.