Fake designer clothes worth thousands of pounds which have been seized by police are being donated to charity.
Officers will hand over the counterfeit goods, including fake designer boots and tracksuits, to staff at the Glasgow the Caring City charity today, who will ship them overseas.
It is thought the items, which were confiscated during raids between 2010 and 2012, are worth more than £50,000.
Chief Inspector David Pettigrew from Police Scotland said: "Rather than destroying the clothing, we thought it would make more sense that a local charity benefit from the donation.
"We have the consent and support of the brands to make the donation, for which we are very grateful."
Reverend Neil Galbraith, the charity's chief executive, thanked the force for the "remarkable" donation.
He added: "It allows us to continue to support our overseas work in several communities, while at the same time allow us to divert much needed assistance and caring to the people of the west of Scotland through the resources being saved and the costs involved.
"It is important to note that we are Glasgow's aid agency and carry the name of our city with great pride. This donation shows once more the generosity of heart and spirit that is Glasgow, and the wisdom of Police Scotland who can turn something which is corrupt into good for the less fortunate. We thank them and those others involved who once again have made this possible."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article