Fahad Tariq

Father and son Stephen and Bradley Harding were arrested at Glasgow Airport after Border Force officers found 92 vacuum-sealed packages of cannabis in their luggage following a flight route from Bangkok through Doha and Heathrow. The drugs were valued at £903,440, and text messages recovered from Bradley’s phone linked the pair to the smuggling scheme. Both pleaded guilty at the High Court in Glasgow; Bradley was sentenced to three years and two months in prison, while Stephen received a two-year sentence.

Syrian refugee Abdo Sheikho, 39, says two masked men assaulted him with stones and an off-road motorbike at Strathclyde Country Park near Motherwell on 8 August 2026. He suffered cuts and leg pain and described being terrified and deeply distressed, alleging the attack was racist and that one assailant tried to run him over. Police Scotland confirmed receiving a report of an assault, said officers attended and that Sheikho did not require hospital treatment, and appealed for witnesses.

Police in Glasgow are investigating an incident on Kenmure Street in Pollokshields where a man allegedly chased a group of Muslim boys while shouting racist abuse. The event, treated as a hate crime, has heightened concerns among residents and activists, including Tabassum Niamat, who warns of increasing hostility toward minorities. She reports that the man also targeted young girls and has helped launch a community watch initiative in response. The case comes amid a reported rise in race‑related hate crime charges across Scotland, with police confirming enquiries are ongoing.