Gemma Ryder

The article recounts three drug-smuggling cases involving British nationals. Influencer Ellie Crampsie received a 16-month sentence after being caught at Edinburgh Airport with 17.7kg of cannabis from Thailand, although the court accepted she may have been manipulated by a former boyfriend; she is now reportedly on home detention curfew. Chef Robin Wild was jailed for three years after bringing about £200,000 worth of cannabis into Scotland. In Australia, Scottish couple Demi McDaid and Jack Farrelly were arrested after police allegedly found 107kg of ketamine in a rental car and a further 2kg at a Sydney property. They face supply charges, were denied bail and are due back in court on August 25.

A murder inquiry was launched after Paul Lafferty, 50, and Gary Beaton, 54, were found seriously injured in a flat on Chancellor Street in Partick, Glasgow, on August 16, 2026. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene. Police Scotland initially treated the deaths as unexplained but later confirmed they were being investigated as murder. A large police cordon remained in place while detectives gathered evidence, and officers appealed for information from the public.