Operation Focus

That the Parliament congratulates the commander, officers and staff of F Division of Lothian and Borders Police, the wider Lothian and Borders force and its community partners for the outstanding success of Operation Focus, which targeted drug dealers in West Lothian; notes that the outcomes to date of Operation Focus include 63 arrests as a consequence of police raids, the seizure of dangerous drugs and police officers addressing over 10,000 secondary school pupils in the affected communities with anti-drugs messages that resulted in spontaneous applause from the students; joins with the people of West Lothian in commending Chief Superintendent Ronnie Liddle and all his team in West Lothian for the strong action that they have taken against those who seek to profit from the misery of drug dealing in our communities, and restates the belief that there is no place for drugs or drug dealers on Scotland’s streets.