Seven drug related deaths in Stirling in 2021 as possession offences increase
dailyrecord.co.ukJoin thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.Seven people have lost their lives to drugs in Stirling so far this year say police - and 25 across Forth Valley as a whole.Senior local police officers told councillors the situation for 2021 up to this point mirrors that of last year.But they disputed speculation that “bad batches” of drugs could be to blame for deaths.The figures were revealed at a meeting of Stirling Council’s public safety committee last week where cops also revealed that, in the 12 months up to March this year, there were 441 drugs possession offences recorded - up by 3.8 per cent.Supply offences had risen by seven while the.
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