Officers given warning option for heroin and crack cocaine possession

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Officers given warning option for heroin and crack cocaine possession

Drugs minister defends change as a "smart use of the law".

Date - 23rd September 2021
By - Police Oracle

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Officers in Scotland are to be given the discretion to issue warnings to people in possession of Class A drugs including heroin and crack cocaine. The new warnings will carry a message saying: “We can’t arrest our way out of a drugs...

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