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Kathleen Speirs

Scots cops bust Clydebank Covidiot birthday party as 37 fines handed out

A Covidiot party attended by a large number of people was shut down by police in Clydebank.

Officers raced to North Elgin Street in the Whitecrook area of the West Dunbartonshire town when the alarm was raised in the early hours of Sunday morning.

It's reported that the ' gathering ' was a birthday party in a business premises.

Police were called to North Elgin Street in the Whitecrook area of Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire (Google)

A total of 37 Fixed Penalty Notices were issued for 'breaching Covid regulations'.

Police also reported a 22-year-old man to the Procurator Fiscal in connection with the illegal party.

A spokeswoman from Police Scotland told the Record: " Around 12.40am on Sunday, March 14 officers attended the North Elgin Street area of Clydebank following a report of a large gathering.

Thirty seven people were issued with Fixed Penalty Notices for breaching Covid regulations.

"A 22-year-old man was reported to the Procurator Fiscal in connection to the incident."

It comes as a total of seven people have died of coronavirus in Scotland in the last 24 hours.

Figures announced by the Scottish Government this afternoon reveal 624 new cases of the virus have been identified overnight, bringing the total cases to 211,854.

The latest figures mean that, since the start of the pandemic, 7,536 people have lost their lives to coronavirus in Scotland.

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