Thousands of pounds has been seized from offenders who dodge fines, new figures have shown.

Some who avoid paying penalties have been stopped at airports and many had their bank accounts frozen.

A Kirkintilloch man paid up £935 to settle 11 unpaid fines imposed at Glasgow Sheriff and JP Court for a range of offences including drugs misuse, drinking in a public place and breach of the peace while a Glasgow man had £750 recovered from his account for 10 unpaid fines.

A driver from Crookston who was fined at the court for driving without insurance and while banned stumped up £700 while a Lennoxtown man paid out £747 for a number of fines imposed for various offences.

Arresting bank accounts is one of a number of measures available to the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) for recovering unpaid fines.

Other measures include taking money directly from earnings or benefits, clamping cars and non-payers can even be arrested when travelling abroad through ports and airports.

Holidaymakers with unpaid fines have been warned not to try travelling abroad or they risk the embarrassment and disruption of being arrested at an airport or port.

The warning comes after a drink driver who owed £450 for a fine imposed at Aberdeen Sheriff and JP Court was arrested by police while travelling through Edinburgh Airport. Another man who owed £330 for a fine imposed at the same court was held by police at Heathrow Airport. Both paid up in full before being allowed to continue their journeys.

A new report released by SCTS reveals that the fines collection rate remains consistently strong. It shows that 87% of the value of Sheriff Court fines imposed during the three-year period between April 1 2012 and March 31 2015 has either been fully paid or is on track to be paid through instalments. This is a rise of one percentage point on the value of fines paid as at January 11 2016.

SCTS Chief Operations Officer David Fraser said: “The fines enforcement team continue to be highly effective in securing unpaid fines – ignoring your fine and not speaking to an enforcement officer if you are having difficulty paying is very unwise. Failure to pay, or to engage with our officers, will result in strong sanctions being taken including arrestment of wages, bank accounts, your car being clamped or inconvenience and embarrassment by being arrested when travelling abroad.”

Most of the money collected through fines payment is sent to the UK Treasury under devolution arrangements set up within the Scotland Act 1998.