COPS have shut down one of Scotland’s biggest street valium factories at a village industrial site.
Officers busted the site in Salsburgh, Lanarkshire, which they say was capable of producing 180,000 so-called blue plague pills every hour.
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Cops got a search warrant for the industrial site at Springfield Park in September after gathering intelligence.
The force said it housed a large scale production site of etizolam – also known as street valium.
The drug is said to have played a role in the majority of Scotland’s 1339 drug deaths in 2020.
In a report given to councillors, Police Scotland stated: “The location housed a commercial site being used for the large scale production of specifically etizolam.
“The location was subjected to a prolonged forensic examination in an effort to secure evidence.
“It was capable of producing 180,000 tablets per hour. This has been the most significant recovery of its kind in Scotland.”
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Senior officers praised the teams work in shutting down the factory.
As well as shutting down the valium factory, cops seized 1kg of cocaine.
Nobody has been arrested but cops are continuing their probe to find the people responsible, the Daily Record reports.
Edinburgh street and flat window covered in blood after disturbance as man seriously injured and cops lock down scene
Police Scotland have been approached for a comment by the Scottish Sun.
It comes as cops raced to a flat in Edinburgh this afternoon after an incident left a man seriously injured.
Police locked down the scene at Hope Park Terrace in Edinburgh, which saw part of the street and a flat window were covered in blood, before cleaning teams arrived.
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