Police Scotland say no cases of spiking by injection identified

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A senior officer says she believes the reporting of the incidents was fuelled by media attention.

A senior police officer has said the force has found no evidence of any cases in Scotland where someone has been "spiked by injection".

But Det Ch Supt Laura McLuckie told the police watchdog the force had found no evidence to support the claims.Police investigate reports of spiking by injection"However, we don't have any identified cases of any spiking by injection in Scotland at this time." The officer said: "We are only now starting to see the results of the forensics. I'm pleased to say that we're not seeing any drugs within people's systems that we would class as being a drug that would be used in spiking.Police Scotland said in October that its officers had received reports about spiking by injection in Edinburgh, Dundee, Glasgow and Aberdeen.

Assistant Chief Constable Gary Ritchie said officers continued to investigate reports from people having been spiked.

 

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