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One of the targeted sites was a nail salon in Glasgow One of Scotland's biggest police operations has targeted a Vietnamese organised crime group linked to human trafficking and cannabis farms. About 300 officers took part in simultaneous early-morning raids, leading to the arrest of 36 people and the discovery of 14 cannabis-growing operations. In total, police searched or checked 47 addresses in Aberdeen, Dundee, Falkirk, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, Midlothian and the Scottish Borders. Police Scotland allege the gang is involved in "poly-criminality," including human trafficking, drug production, fraud, money laundering and organised immigration crime. The force says the activities first came to light after Vietnamese criminals were connected to 150 cannabis farms discovered in Scotland last year. Around 120 people had been arrested - so-called "gardeners"- and drugs worth £26m were seized. Subsequent inquiries linked a single Vietnamese crime group to about a third of the farms, with months of planning leading up to Wednesday's raids. Det Supt Stevie Bertram said: "This was by far the biggest human trafficking investigation that Police Scotland has ever run. "We wanted to disrupt and absolutely cripple that organisation. "We wanted to do it all in one day and I think it's been a huge success. Essentially, they won't be able to function. "All of the targets of this operation have been arrested and they are the ones we believe are running that operation." Cannabis plants were found inside a flat in Edinburgh's South Clerk Street Police Scotland officers arrested individuals in Birmingham as part of Wednesday's enforcement action, which was carried out with support from Home Office Immigration Enforcement and His Majesty's Revenue and Customs. "We think the group runs across the UK and internationally," said Bertram. "We've met with regional crime teams from up and down England and Wales and Ireland, to look at what's happening across the country." Officers from the National Crime Agency based in Hanoi have been liaising with the authorities in Vietnam. Police Scotland / A large number of plants were found in a raid in Dundee The addresses raided by the police included a tenement flat in Edinburgh's South Clerk Street, a five-minute walk from one of the capital's busiest police stations. Three rooms were crammed with plants growing behind tarpaulin screens under bright lights. A box of seedlings was discovered in the kitchen. There were signs of occupation, though no-one was in the flat when the police forced entry. In Dundee, a cannabis operation discovered in two neighbouring flats had been extended into a shared loft. The police will now try to establish whether the people arrested include victims of human trafficking. "Vietnamese nationals are still the highest nationality that we see being exploited in Scotland" said Bertram. "A lot of hard work and investigation will go on from today. "We'll examine mobiles, data, paperwork to make sure that if there is a victim of human trafficking, they're quickly identified as a victim."

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中文标题： 苏格兰警方突袭越南犯罪团伙逮捕36人，涉人口贩运

苏格兰警方约300名警员在多地同步突击，逮捕36人，发现14处大麻种植点，并称该越南犯罪团伙涉嫌人口贩运、毒品生产、诈骗、洗钱及有组织移民犯罪。行动与去年发现的150处大麻农场调查有关，警方将甄别被捕者中是否有人口贩运受害者。

  • 情报分类：综合情报
  • 分类依据：苏格兰警方执法新闻，涉及人口贩运和毒品，不属于限定分类，故归综合。
  • 信息来源：英语新闻 / BBC News Top Stories
  • 发布时间：2026/9/24 13:14:14