Drugs warning after doctor’s bag stolen
POLICE have issued a warning following the theft of a doctor’s bag containing potentially fatal drugs in South Lanarkshire.
A doctor discovered the bag had been stolen from his car in Bothwell on Friday night.
It was recovered a short time later at Clyde Terrace but a quantity of medication, including intravenous pethidine and morphine sulphate, was missing.
Detective Inspector Una Maider from Blantyre Police Office said: “Many of the drugs stolen can prove fatal if not taken under medical supervision.”