Warning after 999 crew drugs stolen

Wednesday 28 December 2011

Warning after 999 crew drugs stolen

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a medical bag containing drugs was stolen from an ambulance while paramedics responded to an emergency.

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The paramedic response bag disappeared from the vehicle while the emergency crew was attending to a patient at Logan Street, Blantyre, in South Lanarkshire, shortly after 1pm on Boxing Day.

The bag was discovered at 10am yesterday in the garden of a house in Anford Place in Blantyre, and handed in to police.

But drugs including intravenous diazepam, adrenaline, atropine, amiodrone, and GTN, also known as nitroglycerine were missing.

Sergeant Mark Stirling said: "I would warn any member of public not to take any of these medicines as they should only ever be given under medical supervision."

Anyone who can help can call 01698 202500.

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