Police have arrested and charged an 18-year-old man in connection with a series of car thefts and attempted car thefts in West Calder, Whitburn, Edinburgh, Falkirk and Harthill.
The incidents took place between Wednesday, 9 April, and Thursday, 8 May, 2025.
The man is expected to appear at Livingston Sheriff Court on Wednesday, 11 June, 2025.
Detective Sergeant John Irvine, from West Calder Police Station, said: “We’d like to thank the public for their assistance with our enquiries.”
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
