A major police operation on the A90 caught five people at speeds of over 100mph.

Officers from across Scotland spent a week on the A90, which runs 176 miles from Edinburgh to Fraserburgh in Aberdeenshire.

Road policing units stopped 600 vehicles, with officers catching 185 speeding drivers. Five of those were recorded doing over 100mph over the five-day operation.

Careless or dangerous driving made up 31 offences, including tailgating and undertaking. One driver was recorded travelling at 91mph in an area restricted to 50mph while passing within metres of road workers.

In addition, 17 drivers were reported for using mobile phones while driving and 43 were found to have no tax or expired MOTs.

Police seized 11 vehicles from those with no insurance or licenses, and six of the 98 vehicles were found to have defects were so serious they were immediately banned from the roads.

Sergeant Steve Manson, who led the operation, said: "If someone travelled on the A90 over the five days, they would have seen a number of police vehicles at various points.

"The intention was to influence driver behaviour by providing a large presence on a single route, with officers targeting specific offences that are linked to injury collisions.

"In our work to detect and deter criminality on the roads, officers also stopped a number of vehicles following intelligence received from the local communities.

"The figures show the benefit of these types of operations, with a wide variety of offences being detected and a number of dangerous vehicles being put off the road.

"Some of the drivers who were stopped for more serious offences will be summoned to Court at a later date, however, many of the drivers were issued with fixed penalties of 3 points on their licence and a £100 fine."

The operation, which involved more than ten road policing units and multiple divisions of Police Scotland working in partnership with the camera safety units, was run from Monday April 11 to Friday April 15.

A variety of vehicles were stopped using Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology to target specific offenders.

Mr Manson added: "Despite the volume of vehicles stopped, it is encouraging that no drivers were detected driving under the influence of alcohol.

"Road Policing Officers and units will continue to work together carrying out similar operations to target specific areas or routes."

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