A councillor has written to the chief constable of Police Scotland after road checks on the A90 between Perth and Dundee saw drivers stuck in tailbacks as long as 3km.
A Road Policing Scotland spokesperson said the operation at Bullionfield, by Invergowrie, targeted “unsafe vehicles and criminals using the road networks” and was “in response to recent thefts”.
Carse of Gowrie councillor Alasdair Bailey penned the letter asking Sir Iain Livingstone to fully explain the purpose of Friday’s operation, the rationale for closing a lane and causing lengthy queues while it was carried out and if it is the force’s intention to conduct further similar operations on the road in future.
