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00:00The Highlands and Islands of Scotland is Britain's biggest beat.
00:07I'm injured. There's a car on fire.
00:10I've got three wounded persons.
00:13It is really easy to underestimate the Highlands.
00:16Patrolling 12,000 square miles of mountains, lochs and islands.
00:22We're going to need a launch to be able to go out and get this boy lifted.
00:27And searching for suspects deep in the wilderness.
00:30Police for the dog. Anyone hiding? Show yourself.
00:33The Highland cops must go above and beyond to protect their communities.
00:38We realised it was human remains, so we came back down and phoned the police.
00:42I think in the Highlands, the blue line is very thin.
00:45Tackling traditional rural crimes.
00:47It's absolutely related with shotgun pellet.
00:50It's clear evidence that these birds are being persecuted.
00:53And crimes that plague the nation.
00:56Oh, good effort.
01:00Bags of a white crystalline powder.
01:02If you're getting one person off the street, then it's like you've done your job.
01:07This series goes inside the UK's most distinctive police force.
01:12We are close. We live in close-knit communities.
01:14Alright, let's go.
01:15We look out for each other.
01:17To find out what it takes to walk the beach.
01:20There's monkeys, there's parrots.
01:22It's all completely out of our comfort zone.
01:25And keep the peace.
01:26You just threatened to kill it.
01:27You said you were going to strangle it.
01:29In some of the most beautiful and wild places in the UK.
01:35In the Highlands and Islands, we still have a large number of people missing.
01:49Some have been missing for decades.
01:51Some have been missing for months or years.
01:54When you've walked those glens or those mountains for days and end, you've had hours and hours to think.
02:00You play out the scenarios, think of the information, think about the personality.
02:05And there's no outcome.
02:13The Isle of Lewis and Harris, separated from the Scottish mainland by over 20 miles of open sea and exposed to Arctic winds.
02:24In winter, this island can become unreachable.
02:29It's a two and a half hour ferry ride or a 40 minute plane ride from the mainland.
02:34Frequently in the winter, it's cut off for a day, maybe even a couple of days at a time.
02:40PC Callan McLeod's usual beat is 100 miles away in Inverness.
02:46But today, he's travelled back to the island of his birth to assist with a tough assignment.
02:52Yeah, this edge, yeah.
02:54I came on duty that morning and the call out came for the mountain rescue team to head to the island of Lewis to assist with a missing person search.
03:02I was acutely aware of the weather and the ferries to just make sure we got there.
03:0848 hours ago, a local 16 year old, Alexander Benga, went missing in the island's capital, Stornoway.
03:18The young person, as a teenager, they're vulnerable. We are concerned about them. Hence the reason we've had a number of officers deployed from the mainland to assist the local Coast Guard and the fire service.
03:3248 hours is a long time to be missing, especially in this weather. The police are deeply concerned for Alexander.
03:41We're just holding the line for a minute.
03:47It's very cold. I'm in a lot of layers and I can feel the cold.
03:52It's quite dry right now, but if it turns a bit wet, that's really hard to keep warm in that kind of weather.
03:59The urgency is just tenfold. You want to find this young lad and you want to find him as quick as you can because to think of not finding him is just awful.
04:16The area we've been through is relatively open-ish. The next bit thickens up, so we're going to just pull all our numbers in.
04:29We're going to have to just close it up, which means the search is going to take longer.
04:32On an island of over 800 square miles, the police focus their search effort on the area where Alexander was last seen.
04:47The grounds of Lew's Castle, just outside of town.
04:51We're going to use the edge of the river, but let's expect this. We'll never keep a line.
04:56We need to now get more shoulder, not quite shoulder to shoulder, but we need eye sight.
04:59Just fan out so you've got an eyeball on your neighbour.
05:04Right, folks. Fan out.
05:10I know the castle grounds having grown up there.
05:14It was challenging terrain. People were crawling, people were climbing.
05:18It was not easy searching.
05:23There, you can't see where you're walking.
05:26It takes a lot of energy to keep your body warm.
05:29You're tired, but you don't want to stop searching until you find them and you bring them home.
05:36Moving methodically through the dense undergrowth.
05:39Hold up, boys! Hold up!
05:41The officers regularly stop to investigate places Alexander might be sheltering.
05:45Before your mind completely goes with hypothermia, you dig, you seek shelter.
05:52I've seen people bury into troughs, under trees, dug under soil.
05:58They want to bury, which then makes it more difficult for us to find.
06:02But there is also the thing where I've seen it in my service where somebody's taken their clothes off, they think they're so hot.
06:07As well as looking for Alexander himself, the officers hunt for smaller clues, like clothing or belongings, which could indicate where he's gone.
06:21But the more the snow falls, the harder their task becomes.
06:25Now with the snow, it's hiding things that might otherwise give us just a hint or a clue to go.
06:32Let's have a look in there.
06:34I will move out. Why not?
06:38There's one clue at the front of the officers' minds.
06:42When he went missing, Alexander was wearing a distinctive red jacket.
06:46But the final sighting of him on CCTV shows he had discarded it outside.
06:53If found, the jacket could provide a vital indication of the direction he took.
07:00Hold.
07:03I'm just going to check this.
07:06PC Katie Johnston spots a splash of colour in the bushes.
07:11There's like orange down here.
07:12The entire time I'm searching, that question's rolling through my head.
07:18Where are they? Are they OK?
07:21Are we going to come across them and they are still alive and need some assistance?
07:26I just need to check out.
07:28Or am I going to come across somebody that has unfortunately passed away?
07:33And I think that pretty much spins through my head those questions the entire time I search.
07:38I think it's a plastic bag, but...
07:44Yeah, it's an orange bag.
07:46It's like a thicker gardening kind of bag.
07:50With no indication Alexander had a bag on him when he disappeared.
07:54It's a red herring.
07:56Nothing?
07:57OK.
07:58As the day wears on, the weather deteriorates.
08:06But there's still hope Alexander may have found a way to stay alive.
08:11Not least because he has a keen interest in outdoor survival.
08:14We know that he likes bushcraft and being in the outdoors.
08:20But the clock's ticking.
08:26Police for the dog. Anyone hiding? Show yourself.
08:29Police dogs searching. She finds your men still. You come to no harm.
08:31Getting quite disoriented, having to keep checking them out to see where we are.
08:38The dog's getting tired.
08:41If he's out here then he's really, really cold.
08:46It's time critical.
08:48The weather is not the only factor counting against them.
08:53It's only half past three in the afternoon.
08:56But this far north, it's already getting dark.
09:00We'll call it here.
09:02By a quarter to five, they're forced to call it a day.
09:06We're now at the point where everybody's tired.
09:09We need to get them fed, watered, rested overnight,
09:12and then to come back out first thing in the morning
09:15to be out in sub-zero, temperature searching.
09:17The odds are now really stacked firmly against this young man
09:20that the temperatures overnight, the weather, he's not had any shelter.
09:25It's an unfortunate state of affairs at present.
09:43Of all the spectacular landscapes policed by N Division,
09:47perhaps none is as dramatic and potentially hazardous as the Isle of Skye.
09:54Today, PC's Anna and Rory have an urgent call
09:59to assist someone who has come a cropper.
10:02We're on our way to a call for a female who has injured her ankle.
10:07On a walk somewhere, so on our way up, see if we can help her.
10:14It is just before the Old Man of Store car parts, so she shouldn't be too far.
10:21The Old Man of Store is a strange pinnacle of rock formed from an ancient volcanic plug.
10:26It's featured in films including Prometheus and The Wicker Man.
10:32It's very distinctive. You probably would have seen it all over social media.
10:35It's probably one of the most top visited places that tourists come.
10:40Although it's not a mountain, a lot of people do find themselves in difficulty up there.
10:44And they might not have envisaged it being as rough a terrain as it is.
10:51It doesn't look too far from the road, so people think it's easy.
10:57But actually, it's not a long walk, but you need to be reasonably fit.
11:02People can be inappropriately clothed for the weather and for the conditions,
11:08and they can injure themselves.
11:10It's not yet clear how badly injured the woman is.
11:14There's no time to lose.
11:16But driving on Skye can be tricky, even for the local cops.
11:20It's this first bit which is bad.
11:23Once we get off, like, over the crest of the hill, it's all right.
11:27The road straightens out, but...
11:29And tourists stopping in the middle of the road don't help.
11:33What the...
11:35Move your car!
11:38What's the heck?
11:40Stupid.
11:42Really stupid, that is.
11:44As much of a beautiful area as Skye is,
11:47you still need to act with some common sense,
11:50and stopping in the middle of the road to take a photo of a cow...
11:53Not what I would recommend doing.
11:56Typical of the season, people parking in the road.
11:59The problem is it's a bad bit of the road,
12:03because if I...
12:04Somebody goes to overtake and comes into my side of the road.
12:08At the car park by the hill,
12:11a local ambulance crew is already on scene.
12:13Morphine.
12:17Morphine.
12:18Do you want that?
12:19Yeah.
12:20What is it?
12:21Oh, it's a...
12:22immobiliser.
12:23Immobiliser.
12:25That's pretty much it.
12:26Is that everything?
12:27Yeah, we've got most of the gear up there.
12:28Right, OK.
12:29The woman, Angela, is just a short distance away,
12:33up a muddy slope.
12:35It was no means a mountain.
12:37It was more up a steep sort of embankment,
12:41leading up to a waterfall just before the old man of store.
12:45We went up to provide assistance with ambulance,
12:48and again, we weren't sure what the extent of her injuries were.
12:51Angela is conscious, but unable to walk as she has injured her leg.
12:56With her is her partner, Paul.
12:59Like hundreds of others on the island,
13:01they are here on holiday.
13:03We were supposed to be going out on a boat trip out on Skye
13:05from Portray, and it was cancelled,
13:07so I said, well, let's just go up there
13:09and go and have a look at the waterfall up there.
13:11And then we saw this one and we stopped,
13:12and we thought we'd have a look
13:13and crazily, stupidly decided to climb up there.
13:16You must see so many people that do this.
13:18It's a daily occurrence.
13:19It's nothing to be embarrassed about.
13:21Oh, I know.
13:22I landed on my bottom coming down
13:23with my leg under my bottom, I think.
13:27Not your finest moment.
13:29Not my finest moment.
13:32They were visibly shaken.
13:34As beautiful as Skye is and as beautiful as the area is
13:38that they were in, you still need to be careful.
13:41I think due to the fact that it was heavy rainfall at the time,
13:45it could just take the slightest step in the wrong place.
13:49They had suitable footwear on, which in some cases you find that
13:53that's not the case.
13:55But in this instance, I think it was just accidental and really unfortunate.
14:01It's not far to the ambulance, but the path is treacherous.
14:06To get her down safely, it's time to call in the experts.
14:09Mount and Rescue has been contacted from one of our colleagues back at Portree Station.
14:14But essentially, we've got Mount and Rescue team assembling at the moment
14:17and they will be joining us in the next 15 to 20 minutes, all being well.
14:21Although we're not that far from the car park, it's still quite a boggy stretch of a walk.
14:26So, yeah, just to prevent any further injuries to ourselves or actually the patient,
14:31Mount and Rescue are very good at coming out and helping with that.
14:33So, we'll just wait for the arrival.
14:36After a short wait, the Mount and Rescue team arrives and swings into action.
14:42I'm sorry, you've got to lift me up. I'm really sorry.
14:46All I'm trying to do is get your bum in here first of all, OK?
14:49And so, what I want you to do is try and stand up on that one.
14:52And then when I say go, we'll go, OK?
14:56Can somebody come in behind her and grab her shoulders?
14:58Yep.
14:59Did you join her?
15:00Yeah.
15:01OK.
15:03That's it.
15:04That's well done.
15:06Thank you, Dad.
15:07All right.
15:08OK, so we're just going to slide you to bog in here down on the grass.
15:12Any problems, give us a shout, OK?
15:14I will.
15:15Cool.
15:29With the patient safely off the hill, Anna radios base with an update.
15:35Yeah, the call we're attached to.
15:37The female's been taken off the hill by Mount and Rescue.
15:40Angela's going to be conveying her to Broadford Hospital,
15:43a potential broken ankle.
15:47OK, I'm going to follow you, all right, Angela?
15:50Don't let me hear the hospital, all right?
15:52All right.
15:55Broadford is the main hospital on Skye.
15:58Depending on how bad her injury is,
16:00the woman may need to go to Inverness for surgery.
16:06Not really a good start to their holiday, bless them,
16:08but at least she's in safe hands now.
16:11Mount and Rescue up here, they're really helpful.
16:13They're out most days and potentially multiple times per day,
16:17especially in the season.
16:18So, they drop whatever they're doing, whatever job they're doing,
16:21or if it's their days off,
16:23and they're very quick to come and assist us,
16:25which is very much appreciated.
16:28If we hadn't have communicated effectively with each other,
16:32and we hadn't worked well together,
16:34as the Ambulance and the Mount and Rescue,
16:36we just wouldn't have been able to do that job.
16:39They certainly seemed like they were very grateful
16:42for the help that was provided to them.
16:44Quite often, we don't get that kind of reception
16:46and the various kind of jobs that we go to,
16:49but to go to a job and for somebody to be genuinely thankful
16:53for the help you gave them is nice.
16:54Morning, everyone. Thank you very much for coming out again today.
17:01On Lewis, local teenager Alexander Benga has now been missing in the snow for 72 hours.
17:08Specialist Search Advisor Dougie Wilson has travelled from his base in Inverness to coordinate the search effort.
17:24We're looking for a 16-year-old lad last being seen in the vicinity of the castle grounds.
17:31The search involves Coast Guard, the fire service, and 50 police officers,
17:37including a dog team and a specialist mountain rescue unit.
17:40It's one of the biggest search operations on Lewis in years.
17:53He was wearing a beige jumper, black jeans and trainers,
17:56not kind of suitably dressed for the weather.
17:58He did have a red jacket, which has been discarded.
18:00We covered quite a lot of ground yesterday.
18:03Today, just it will be same again, more kind of rural, kind of open land searching within a kilometre of kind of place last seen.
18:11Dougie splits them into five teams, each of which is assigned to search a numbered sector.
18:17Today, the teams will be, so the police MRT, police search team that were yesterday in A1, A2.
18:22You'll be just going back to 16, 17, where yous were, go and do your sectors,
18:27and then we're going to, in the ops room, just come up with more areas to go.
18:32The police mountain rescue team is sent back to the castle grounds where Alexander was last seen.
18:44We're just going to go back there, do that big open area,
18:47and then the tree line all the way around section 16 into 17,
18:52and we'll see where we are from there.
18:54Whilst the search teams are on the ground,
18:57Dougie updates senior commanders back in the mainland on the progress so far.
19:02The ground has been terrible at best.
19:05The guys have been kind of knee-deep in water.
19:08Police helicopter was contacted to come out today.
19:10They couldn't lift due to the weather.
19:12OK, so in terms of that one kilometre,
19:15in terms of where we are, the completion of that,
19:18what does that look like?
19:2080%, 90%?
19:22No, no, I would say 60%.
19:26Using CCTV and local witnesses,
19:29police have managed to piece together Alexander's movements
19:33before he disappeared.
19:35You'll see he doesn't have his jacket.
19:39He pauses when he sees a car and then takes a right off camera.
19:49The footage raises further questions about the teenager's state of mind.
19:55It seems a bit strange given that some people are defrosting their cars,
19:59yet he's stripping off.
20:00You'll see his demeanour there.
20:02He looks a bit distressed holding his head in his hands.
20:05A minute later, just round the corner,
20:07again here, you'll see him head in hands,
20:10looking a bit distressed.
20:12It's worth mentioning there that Alexander's very clearly not been following main roads.
20:18He is actively going out his way to take long way rounds, potentially off roads,
20:22and well he doesn't want to be seen for whatever reason,
20:25but that's certainly what the outcome of our enquiries are showing.
20:29I'll speak to you more. Thanks, boss.
20:30Cheers.
20:32It's one, two degrees, and he's stripping off.
20:37It's all quite concerning, to be honest.
20:41The CCTV enquiries gave us a really good insight.
20:45Are we looking for someone who is happily just wandering off
20:48and just wanting to get away,
20:49or is it someone that we need to be more concerned?
20:52So it's certainly increased our risk level and our concern for him.
20:57The police have established Alexander hasn't left the island by ferry or plane,
21:04and there's no sign of foul play,
21:06so their working assumption is he's still outside in the snow.
21:14Turn on the mic!
21:16Police experts use statistics to calculate
21:19the most likely place a missing person will be found.
21:23We have books that we refer to within the police search world,
21:27which help us with statistical information about previous missing people,
21:31areas in which they've previously been found,
21:34radiuses in which they have travelled.
21:36We'll sector that area off, you know, best as we can,
21:39using natural boundaries, pathways,
21:41and get searchers into these areas,
21:43and then we'll push out from there.
21:46All right, let's go.
21:48In this circumstance, we set it at one kilometre,
21:58and the rationale was 50% of missing people with our missing persons category
22:03have previously been found within one kilometre.
22:06On the other side of these upturned trees, they're fine.
22:12It's really important we don't deviate from that one kilometre.
22:16We ensure that that one kilometre is complete to the highest level of confidence and standard that we can
22:23before we move on.
22:25While the search teams continue the hunt,
22:32back at base, Dougie gets some bad news.
22:36Yeah, no bother.
22:38Erm...
22:40OK, we'll...
22:42I'll chat to you about it later. No bother.
22:45So I think the plan is now potentially us to go back tomorrow
22:49because they're worried about the storm.
22:55A large storm is on the way, expected to prevent all travel to and from the island for days.
23:03Both Dougie and the mountain rescue team are needed back on the mainland,
23:07so they'll have to leave Lewis and the last ferry tomorrow,
23:11rather than risk being stranded.
23:13We'd all rather stay. I would rather stay.
23:15I've worked on my computer till half eleven last night.
23:18Yeah.
23:19Went to sleep, woke up about five.
23:22First thing I did was check.
23:23Is he been found yet?
23:24Yeah.
23:25No? Right, OK.
23:27With the second full day of the search drawing to a close,
23:31it's becoming even more important that Alexander is found
23:35before the specialist police team has to leave the island.
23:38When you have the responsibility of being in charge of it,
23:41you want to find him.
23:42But moreover, I think about his mum.
23:45I think about his family who are missing their son.
23:49Back on the mainland, in Glencoe, PC Stephen Cooper is on his way to an urgent traffic incident.
24:08Go ahead.
24:10Yeah, go ahead.
24:14So we've had a report of a three-vehicle RTC, I think it is now.
24:19Road traffic collision.
24:21Basically, a motorcyclist in two cars have collided.
24:24Motorcyclist's lying on the road injured.
24:26So, that's what we've got at the moment.
24:28Yeah, I'm just passing the Glencoe Visitor Centre, so maybe five, ten minutes.
24:36The accident is on the A82, the main road between Glasgow and Fort William.
24:42It's almost entirely a single carriageway.
24:46And there's no other way round, so any kind of incident can cause huge disruption.
24:52It's almost a daily occurrence, so we've got a road accident on the A82 somewhere in Loch Aver.
24:57They'll be straight out, road closed.
24:59First aid kit out and just treat what we can, get people stable and wait for an ambulance to arrive.
25:04I'm not even sure that an ambulance has been called yet.
25:08So, obviously, worst case would be that one of the parties in this accident is seriously or fatally injured and dies.
25:18As Stephen makes for the scene as quickly as he can, it isn't long before he hits the tailback caused by the crash.
25:26But traffic is still flowing in the opposite direction, which is slowing him down.
25:31The road is very busy today.
25:34Unfortunately, somebody's trying to direct traffic in and be helpful at the front, but they're now preventing me from getting to the scene.
25:51Stephen is the first emergency responder here.
25:54Any injuries or anything like that?
25:55Just finished with your bag and my brace that went into my wrist.
25:56OK, no problem. I'll come and speak to you soon.
25:57Luckily, an off-duty paramedic has caught up in the tailback and has stepped in to help.
26:1636-year-old motorcyclist head on with this car.
26:18OK.
26:19Query left arm fracture.
26:20Query pelvis.
26:21OK.
26:22He's going to be completely alert and orientated the whole time.
26:23Do you need any kit or anything?
26:24No, I don't have any kit.
26:25I've got some stuff.
26:26There's not much I can do.
26:27I've got like a pelvic splint and stuff.
26:29I mean, he's fine lying as he is.
26:30OK.
26:31That's fine.
26:32This guy's just got a query right arm injury.
26:34I'm not particularly worried about either of those.
26:35Yeah, he's fine.
26:36Yeah, maybe a bit of shock going in there.
26:37Traffic is the worst.
26:39Yeah, if he's sitting there at the moment, the traffic can stop.
26:42Hopefully, the ambulance won't be too long.
26:44I just saw the Glencoe one going up to Fort William not long ago on blue lights.
26:47So, I don't know.
26:48Right.
26:49I'm just going to go and give some updates to people and we'll...
26:54Control, three, two, whiskey.
26:56Two, whiskey.
26:57Go ahead.
26:58Yeah, apologies.
26:59I'm struggling for hand-held reception at this Locus.
27:02I'm on my base unit.
27:03The Locus for this road accident is at Alpnafay in A82 in Glencoe.
27:08Looks like a motorcycle has gone head-on with Ford.
27:12The motorcyclist lying in the ditch at the side of the road at the moment,
27:14conscious and breathing.
27:15There's an off-guty paramedic tending to him.
27:17He's got a query pelvic injury and a query arm injury.
27:22But as I say, he's conscious and breathing.
27:24I've got the road closed at the moment just because of the debris
27:26and cars in the carriageway.
27:28Have we got an ETA for ambulance at all?
27:31I think we're going to do that 40 minutes.
27:33Yeah, that's all received.
27:37Here, we're a good hour to two hours away from a good hospital.
27:41Not that the hospital in Fort Williams is bad,
27:43but the hospital in Glasgow has got better equipment and staffing,
27:46so he needs to get there rather than there.
27:48Satisfied there are no life-threatening injuries,
27:51Stephen's next priority is to investigate what caused the crash.
27:56I don't know what fuel is with this car because...
27:59Right.
28:00I'm assuming it's head-on with this car and then...
28:02Bounced into that, maybe.
28:03So, I can only tell you what happened from my point of view
28:06is we were just sitting here with our blinker on to turn in here.
28:09OK.
28:10And he smashed into the back of us.
28:12I have no clue if he got rear-ended.
28:14Who's the motorbike?
28:15Yeah.
28:16So, I was...
28:17I'm in this car heading this way.
28:18He was behind me.
28:19He...
28:20Right.
28:21I think that's why he clipped me.
28:22Like, I think he might have been trying to go around me.
28:24Right.
28:25But all we heard was the big smash and him go flying.
28:27OK.
28:28So, I don't know, like, if...
28:29I don't know how that car got damaged.
28:31Right.
28:32Yeah, it was involved.
28:33Yeah.
28:34We had been stopped for, like...
28:35A couple of minutes trying to turn in.
28:36Yeah, like, at least a minute before it happened.
28:38It wasn't likely, yeah, like...
28:39So, we were quite shocked.
28:40The owner of the black Ford seems to have the best evidence of all.
28:45I've seen you've got dash cam.
28:47Yes.
28:48Is that working?
28:49Yes.
28:50OK, well, that's perfect.
28:51That'll explain exactly what's happened, so...
28:52The dash cam video could show who was at fault,
28:55but until he can view it,
28:57Stephen can't be sure if anyone needs to be charged with a crime.
29:06On Lewis, 16-year-old Alexander Benga has now been missing for four days.
29:14With a storm approaching,
29:16the police mountain rescue team have one last chance to find him
29:20before they have to return to the mainland.
29:23The last good weather window.
29:26Quite a lot of us are going to get the last ferry off the island
29:29before the island effectively is cut off for 24 hours.
29:35We would dearly like to find this young man,
29:38whether he's alive or he's succumbed to the elements.
29:43Before they leave, PC Callan McLeod and his team
29:47have been sent to search a new area.
29:53We're out with the immediate search sectors and boundaries
29:57because there's information come from the family
30:00that the young man that's missing liked to come to Gallus Hill.
30:03It's a natural viewpoint back over across the town of Stornoway.
30:09I think we might try and do what we did yesterday for another once round
30:12and then branch off through the past and what Caelan said,
30:15the other side of that thing.
30:17Because the terrain's pretty difficult.
30:19You're not going to get much search and done going down a hill.
30:22After days of snow and sleet, the weather conditions have finally improved.
30:28But with 70-mile-an-hour winds forecast, the respite will be short-lived.
30:34It's beautiful today. The sun's shining, but the clouds are actually gathering for the storm burke tomorrow.
30:41This is the lull before the storm.
30:48Facing a race against time before the storm hits,
30:51Callan uses his local knowledge from growing up on the island.
30:55We're never going to get all the way around us in the time that we've got.
30:59So there's a couple more points of interest out at the River Creed.
31:02There's an old bothy and a cave.
31:04The young man, we've been told, got an interest in the outdoors and bushcraft,
31:09so caves and little old huts are definitely places that may be of interest to him.
31:16Their first stop is a cave said to have been the secret hideout
31:20of a 19th-century outlaw called Macintrónich.
31:25Yeah, it's literally in here.
31:27Again, there is footfall here on the ice.
31:30You know, the snow's melted and then frozen again last night,
31:34so there's been people here.
31:44No, it's just...
31:46All the rubbish is really old. It's nothing fresh.
31:49We'll have a look at the ones up.
31:55If there's a trampled path,
31:56I'll have a wee look round this little nook in here.
32:00I don't think there's anything else,
32:06any other points of interest up here, so...
32:09No luck.
32:10No luck.
32:12Callan guides the team to another hidden spot from Lewis's past.
32:17This would have been a salmon watchers hut for somebody who'd watch to make sure people basically weren't poaching the salmon.
32:30So there's a foam mat, a camping mat here, but it's obviously been here for some time and there's nothing...
32:40There's no recent rubbish or something with a date in it or a time or a use-by.
32:46There's nothing that would link it to our inquiry.
32:50Running out of time, the team searches as many paths as they can.
32:58There's no footprints here. Nobody's been there.
33:00And nobody's been here probably for a day or two by the looks of it since this snow's fallen.
33:08Callan knows of one more spot, a disused bothy hidden by the water's edge.
33:14They're looking for any sign Alexander might have stayed here.
33:17Hello? Police?
33:24Inside, some scattered tins.
33:30It's got an expiry of April 25, so it's still got...
33:35There's a bit of growth though, so it's probably not...
33:38It's certainly out of the last few days.
33:48The weather's on the turn.
33:50We need to sort of gather the resources and make sure we get back to the mainland.
33:53This is going to be one of these ones where we are now...
33:56We're going to have to depart.
33:58After three hard days, it's time to head back to the mainland.
34:03Although other police officers based on the island will continue the search,
34:08it's a deflating end for Callan and his team.
34:12It might end up being one of these missing persons where there isn't a happy outcome.
34:17And or there isn't a resolution in terms of finding a young man,
34:22even if he's succumbed to the elements.
34:28You feel sad being able to go home and hug your children when there's somebody's child still out there missing.
34:34You put yourself in the shoes of the parent and it's just awful.
34:39It's really hard to imagine how you would feel if your loved one was missing and you didn't know where they were.
34:49Or if they were okay.
34:50In Glencoe, PC Stephen Cooper is dealing with a serious collision involving two cars and a motorbike.
35:01A regular ambulance and an air ambulance have been called but they still haven't arrived and Stephen has no other backup.
35:23Right now the challenges are I'm here on my own. Again, that's the age old challenge I've got.
35:29So there's very little I can do. I can't manage traffic through this scene. It's too dangerous.
35:33The priority is to get casualties away from scene having been assessed by an ambulance.
35:35The HeliMed is expected in approximately 13 minutes now. Their ETA was 15.30 and it's now 15.17 so anytime soon hopefully.
35:48And they might even arrive here before the actual road ambulance do which would be quite good.
35:53While Stephen waits for the ambulances, he also needs to try to work out what caused the collision.
35:59He'll review the dash cam footage later but for now, the witnesses seem clear about what happened.
36:07Looks like the white Volvo's been trying to turn right into the lay-by here.
36:12The motorcyclist's been travelling behind them and has gone to overtake into the path of this board and gone head-on into it.
36:21Come off his bike when he landed where he's landed. So yeah, looks like a dodgy overtake essentially.
36:30Finally, backup arrives. Paramedics, the fire service and colleagues from the road's policing unit.
36:38Casually just around the corner of the ambulance will be on.
36:41When the helicopter arrives to airlift the bike at a hospital, Stephen has to keep tight control of the scene.
36:47Guys, everyone back behind that van please.
36:55There's people needing medical treatment and privacy alright, so everyone back behind the van.
37:00Go ahead. Quicker. Move. Back to your cars.
37:03There's no attraction to be seen.
37:07I said back, behind the van.
37:11Both of you shift.
37:13Yes.
37:14Does it take, is it rocket science is it?
37:16Do you want lifted for obstruction? Move now.
37:18I said behind the van. It's not difficult, is it?
37:26Don't even argue with me alright? If you want lifted, go for it.
37:32Unfortunately when you land a helicopter on a road, it attracts quite a bit of attention.
37:34And we don't really want attention for helicopters on the road because the casualty needs a bit of privacy, you know.
37:40They're getting loaded into a helicopter, it's because they've got serious injuries and some people don't respect that.
37:45Still waiting for the helicopter to take off and having taken statements from all witnesses, it's time to finish clearing the road.
37:54But with one of its tires punctured in the accident, the white Volvo's not going anywhere yet.
37:59How are you guys getting on?
38:01Well, you know, just trying to figure out the next steps.
38:04So have you spoken to your hire car company?
38:06Is there an actual tire in this car?
38:08Sometimes there is.
38:09Like, enough to get back to Glasgow?
38:11It'll get you somewhere where you can at least sit and get dry and sort something else out rather than sit in here.
38:16Okay.
38:18Try and reverse out into this bit here and we'll sort it out for you.
38:20All-star service here.
38:38Yeah.
38:40No complaints.
38:41We can write you a review on Yelp if you'd like.
38:45Love it.
38:46Okay, here, let me pull it down.
38:49Are you from here?
38:50Yeah.
38:51Yep.
38:52That's a lovely part of the world.
38:53It is when it's nice weather.
38:56I'm having strongly mixed feelings about it at the moment.
38:59Yeah, so you strut maximum 50 mile an hour.
39:02Just take it slow because in the wet it'll be even worse.
39:06Now you've done a magic job there.
39:09Definitely earned your beer tonight, Stephen.
39:11The paramedics are now ready to transfer the biker to the air ambulance and fly him to hospital.
39:22At the moment, all the condition we know is the potential pelvic injury and a broken arm.
39:28We'll have to get a medical update from hospital at some point tonight to figure out what exactly extent of injury is.
39:33You're always lucky if you walk away from a motorcycle accident when you've collided with the back of a car.
39:39It's all come to a conclusion, a good conclusion because everyone's alive.
39:43It's good, yeah.
39:44Quite happy.
39:46The road has now been shut for almost three hours.
39:51The tailback stretches for over a mile.
39:55But with it finally reopened, Stephen has one more job to do.
40:00Confirming once and for all what caused this collision.
40:03The dash cam footage quite clearly shows the motorcyclist going way faster than he should have been and not noticing the car stopping in front of him.
40:22Which is clearly indicating and not slamming on the brakes.
40:27And then he's obviously hit the car that stopped and bounced into the path of the oncoming vehicle with a dash cam.
40:34At which point the dash cam is cut out.
40:36It's great footage because it tells us exactly what's happened.
40:41You can't deny it. The footage is there.
40:42The motorcyclist will be reported for careless driving, which could result in points in his licence or a ban.
40:50For him, the outcome could have been much worse.
40:54This kind of accident is all too common on these roads.
40:58Just people are quite often looking at the view instead of looking at the road.
41:03And that then causes issues when they don't see what's happening in front of them.
41:07He could have died.
41:12300 miles further north, closer to Norway than to Edinburgh, lie the remotest of the British Isles.
41:24Shetland.
41:27Up here, it's a small community. Everyone knows each other.
41:31And if you don't know them directly, you probably know them through a connection that you've got.
41:35You know their mom, their granny, their cousin, whatever.
41:38Fresh from police college, 25-year-old PC Liam Brannan has returned to his native islands as a cop.
41:46That's what I got in the colleges.
41:48What are you going to do up in Shetland? Going to arrest sheep?
41:51Yeah.
41:53I've got to be a question if I took a sheep into custody.
41:55In cuffs.
41:57Many of his colleagues are from the mainland, a 14-hour ferry ride away, leading to the occasional language barrier.
42:04Yocka hara yun yow.
42:07Yocka what?
42:08Yocka hara yun yow.
42:09What does that mean?
42:10Grab a hold of that sheep.
42:12Yocka hara yun yow.
42:14It might be quiet most of the year, but tonight, Liam's busy.
42:20Lerwick is preparing to celebrate its annual Viking Fire Festival, up Helya.
42:27And the bars are filling up with islanders and tourists having a good time.
42:33Let's see how you're getting on.
42:34No weather at all?
42:35Yeah.
42:36I think we're all right, we're barely busy, but I think that we're good.
42:38Nice.
42:39As the alcohol flows freely...
42:42Say hi to Sarah.
42:43Hi.
42:44Hi to Sarah.
42:46Liam and his colleague, Sergeant David Carmichael, patrol the town centre.
42:51It's always a good night in here.
42:53I quite enjoy my night in here as well.
42:56Live music.
42:57Somebody's grabbed an accordion.
42:59Everyone's merry, happy, no issues, so it's all good.
43:03With no trouble from the party-goers...
43:06There's nothing worse than somebody out there enjoying themselves when you're no.
43:09I know.
43:10..their main concern is that nobody has an accident.
43:14You know that there's going to be people spilling out on the streets.
43:17They're going to be under the influence of alcohol.
43:19Invariably, somebody's going to end up on the road.
43:22We need to make sure that the roads are safe
43:25for the people that are out there enjoying themselves.
43:28There's that car with his lights on again.
43:31Where?
43:33As people spill onto the streets at closing time,
43:35they spot a red pick-up truck driving with only its side lights on.
43:48Probably the worst race to pull him over.
43:50Come on, mate.
43:51Pull him over there.
44:00You alright?
44:01Just put your little bit of lights on.
44:03Oh, I'm sorry.
44:04Yeah?
44:05Yeah, just make sure they're on.
44:06That's all.
44:07Okay.
44:08You alright?
44:09You okay?
44:10Yeah, I'm sorry.
44:11Yeah?
44:12Any concern?
44:13No?
44:15We'll have a chat with him anyway.
44:16Just stay there the other night, mate.
44:17I'm going to come round and have a quick chat, alright?
44:20I don't know if it's me or if he's slurring his words a wee bit.
44:25Go and have a chat.
44:27Alright, buddy?
44:28Yeah, mate.
44:29Do you guys a favour?
44:30I'm going to switch it off, please.
44:31We'll jump out for a wee second and have a quick chat.
44:33It's here and I'm doing this in the street in front of everybody, mate.
44:35It's just a chat.
44:36Can we have a wee seat in the back of the van?
44:37Aye.
44:39We'll get you a wee seat so that...
44:40If you don't mind the cover, you don't cover.
44:41That's alright.
44:42Liam, just open the back of the van.
44:43Sorry, Mum.
44:44Don't be a wee seat in there.
44:47Have you had any drink tonight, mate?
44:49Mate, I've had one thing.
44:50I don't know.
44:51Take it to your honesty.
44:52Aye, mate, I've had a thing.
44:53Fuck it.
44:54Why are the boys up for the chance?
44:55Alright, mate.
44:56No worries.
44:57Liam's got all your details here, Ben.
44:58He's going to get through it.
44:59Are you going to pass the breathalysers, do you reckon, mate?
45:02I don't know, mate.
45:03Okay.
45:04To be honest, mate, I don't know.
45:05I'm on bail, mate.
45:06I'm on bail, mate.
45:07Are you?
45:08Mate, please, please.
45:09What for?
45:10He's got a job to do, alright?
45:11That's all we're doing.
45:12Canny.
45:13Call me, canny.
45:14That's not an option for us.
45:15Mate, I'm going to get back to him.
45:16He started to blame us for the potential of him maybe losing his job, losing his licence,
45:30but at the end of the day, you're kind of used to that and you're thinking, I didn't
45:34drive the car.
45:35It was him that drove the vehicle.
45:37To be honest with you, it's kind of a water off a duck's back after nearly 18 and a half
45:42years of doing this.
45:43What will happen next?
45:44Right?
45:45We are going to do the roadside breath test.
45:46I'll get sacked.
45:47Call it, listen.
45:48We're going to do the roadside breath test, right?
45:50I suspect that you've been driving whilst under the influence and you might be over the
45:54limit for alcohol in your blood.
45:55Alright?
45:56Listen.
45:57I had two pints when I had my indian.
45:58Okay.
45:59I went to the saxophone.
46:00Okay.
46:01I had to be indian.
46:02I had two pints, mate.
46:03Right, okay.
46:04And I thought, mate, I'm actually fine.
46:05Right.
46:06Have you had anything to eat or drink in the last 20 minutes?
46:08No.
46:09No.
46:10Okay.
46:11No worries.
46:13Do you agree to provide the specimen of breath for a breath test?
46:16And if not, what is your reason for refusing?
46:18I've not got any reason.
46:19I would just...
46:20Do you agree?
46:21I agree.
46:22Yes.
46:23No, no, no.
46:24I don't agree, actually.
46:25If you don't agree, I'm going to arrest you.
46:26You've got to arrest me anyway.
46:27I'm asking you a question.
46:29So it's one long, hard, steady breath into the tube.
46:32We'll hold it.
46:33He holds it, bud.
46:34He holds it.
46:35Until it clicks and I'll tell you otherwise.
46:37That's it.
46:38Right, okay.
46:42If you look, there's a favour.
46:45If you look, you've failed.
46:46I know.
46:47You've failed the breath test, okay?
46:48I know.
46:49I'm arresting you for drink driving.
46:51Anything you do say will be noted and may be used in evidence.
46:53Do you understand?
46:54Yes.
46:55Okay.
46:56Although the man failed the roadside breath test,
46:58the result isn't precise enough to be used as evidence in court.
47:04They'll have to test him again at the police station
47:06before deciding whether or not he should be charged.
47:09Right, just count yourself down.
47:10Oh, ****.
47:11Please, please calm down.
47:13Chill out, bud.
47:28The Cairngorms.
47:29In winter, this mountain range is one of the coldest parts of the UK
47:34and conditions can change with little warning.
47:39The Cairngorm area is quite a mountainous area.
47:42It's quite high altitude.
47:44In the wintertime, you're going to have a lot of snow, ice, you know,
47:49cold conditions, mostly sub-zero temperatures,
47:52and it can get very, very dark.
47:58The forecast for the next few days is supposed to be light snow,
48:01but quite consistent over the next 72 hours.
48:05Tonight, PC Jamie Embry is out on patrol with his colleague, Ross Nairn.
48:11The weather here can change.
48:12In a couple of hours, you can go from what it is now to thick, deep snow.
48:16Yeah, white conditions.
48:17Five miles north of Abbey Moor,
48:18they pass a stationary vehicle on the other side of the road.
48:24They've got no lights on the rear. They had lights on the front.
48:37I can only imagine it's a breakdown of sorts, but they were off the road, to be fair.
48:46Minutes later, they get a call on the radio.
48:49Yep, go ahead.
49:16Yeah, that's all received.
49:18We did pass it and we didn't stop because when we drove past it,
49:23it looked like it was completely off the road.
49:26We'll turn round and we'll go and speak to the person
49:29and just see what the situation is.
49:33If they don't have power to their vehicle,
49:35then that means no heating as well as no light.
49:37So you definitely don't want to be leaving somebody out there
49:40at zero or sub-zero temperatures for any amount of time.
49:44There he is.
49:45I think my blue's on as well.
49:47Completely off.
49:49I think my blue's on as well.
49:51I think my blue's on as well.
49:52I think my blue's on as well.
49:53I think my blue's on as well.
49:55I think my blue's on as well as like a new vehicle.
49:56I think my blue's on as well.
50:01Hello. How are you?
50:06Hi there.
50:08And it's a complete power failure. There's no...
50:10Complete power failure.
50:11What happened was it started to make a screechy noise.
50:14I think the fan, something wrong with the fan belt,
50:16and then the battery light came on,
50:18and I thought, oh, no, it's going to die, and it did.
50:21It's normally very reliable. It's never done...
50:23Yeah, no, Jimny's are great. I love Jimny's.
50:26On a road that's a 60-limit road,
50:28in the pitch-black sub-zero temperatures,
50:31as much as she was dressed appropriately to go shopping,
50:35she wasn't dressed appropriately to be doing, you know,
50:37any amount of time walking outside
50:38in those types of cold winter conditions.
50:41I thought, do I go to Tesco's looking like this?
50:43I thought, yeah, I'm going to Tesco. I don't care.
50:46Yeah, we've seen people in onesies going...
50:47Yeah, we have seen people in onesies and pyjamas coming out.
50:50OK, good. Yes.
50:51That makes me feel a bit better.
50:53If you live in the Highlands,
50:55you're living in an isolated community,
50:57so I think people just have that mentality
51:00that I'll phone recovery for my vehicle that's broken down,
51:02but ultimately it could take an hour or even longer.
51:06You know, I'm not in the middle of the city here.
51:08Thank you for waiting.
51:08We're sending Ross's garage at current ETA's 2028.
51:12OK, cool.
51:13The driver arranges for a recovery truck
51:15through her breakdown cover,
51:17but it won't arrive for another two hours.
51:20I guess I'm supposed to stay with the vehicle?
51:23We can stay with the vehicle if you've got keys.
51:25The cops need to see the car taken off the road,
51:29but encourage her to get a lift home with a friend.
51:32Here we go. Is this him?
51:34This car is slowing down and indicating.
51:37Good. Perfect.
51:38OK, guys, you've been amazing.
51:40No problem, Nicole. Take care.
51:41Take care.
51:42And we'll let you know about where the car's going as well, OK?
51:45OK, thank you.
51:47Cheers, guys.
51:47See you.
51:49Right, let's get warm.
51:50Let's get warm and wait.
51:52Oh, chilly.
52:02Hopefully they come quick.
52:04I hope so.
52:05Because that's, what, two hours.
52:11If you put yourself in the position that that lady was in...
52:16..with a junction close to the bend.
52:18No power in her vehicle.
52:21No street lighting.
52:23You wouldn't feel safe.
52:25Yeah, if it was my mum,
52:26I wouldn't want her stuck at the side of the road,
52:28in the pitch black, sub-zero temperatures.
52:32So, for sure, whatever we can do to help her,
52:36I'm more than happy to do so.
52:38After a chilly two-hour wait, help finally arrives.
52:48Hello.
52:49Hello.
52:49How we doing?
52:50Grand yourself.
52:52Right.
52:52Who's got the key?
52:53I have the key.
52:55My heel?
52:56Yep.
52:57The driver's told them what garage she wants to take them to,
52:59so they're going to take it straight there
53:01for it to then get fixed.
53:04Perfect.
53:11Thank you very much.
53:13Yeah, later.
53:14Cheers, buddy.
53:15Happy days.
53:16Lovely.
53:17Job done.
53:21It is cold out there.
53:24It is cold.
53:24It does not feel like it should be one degree.
53:27In Shetland,
53:34officers have brought a suspected drunk driver
53:37back to the station.
53:38Oh, ****.
53:39Calm down.
53:40Listen.
53:40We don't want anything else.
53:42We don't want anything else here, remember?
53:44As he grows increasingly agitated...
53:47Jump out.
53:47Jump out.
53:48...Sgt David Carmichael does his best to calm him down.
53:51I'm going to release and loosen them up a wee bit.
53:54It's Day Murphy.
53:55What's up?
53:56Do me a favour.
53:58Do me a favour and just keep me up warning.
54:01That's not an option for us.
54:02The suspect fears that if convicted,
54:05he'll lose his job on a nearby wind farm.
54:08The gun is happening, mate.
54:10I'll get that left.
54:13But he can only be charged with drink driving
54:15if he fails a second breath test
54:17on a carefully calibrated device
54:19known as an intoximeter.
54:22Listen.
54:22There is people that fail the roadside
54:24and pass the intoximeter test.
54:27So we will have a chat once it's done.
54:29All right?
54:30You know how much I've had to drink this evening,
54:32I don't.
54:33I had two shandies, mate.
54:35People will try to downplay how much alcohol they've had.
54:39In my experience, it's usually double or treble
54:41what they're saying that they've actually had.
54:43It's kind of busted, mate.
54:45I need to f***.
54:46Ah!
54:47Fuss things fussed.
54:49He needs to get the shandies out of his system.
54:52Stop me.
54:53Just let me get one hand free.
54:56Many have tried before you and they've all managed it.
54:58Come on.
54:58I can't do it.
54:59As they book him into custody,
55:07the suspect starts to test the officer's patience.
55:11Chill out.
55:11Chill out over here.
55:12Do you wish anyone informed that you're here?
55:16Aye.
55:16Who?
55:18I've always seen my father.
55:19You're...
55:20You can't say obviously because I don't know that.
55:22I understand for you it's not an easy time, right?
55:25But come on.
55:27We can't be having stuff like that in here.
55:28I can't be having stuff like that at all.
55:30Just in there.
55:31See that wee red chair?
55:32That's yours.
55:33He has one last chance to prove he is not over the limit.
55:37Do you agree to provide two specimens of breath for analysis?
55:41If no, what is your reason for refusing?
55:45No.
55:46You don't want to provide two specimens?
55:48I'm going to ask you one more time.
55:49If it's a refusal, we're going to arrest you and take you straight through.
55:52We're putting a cell.
55:53Bear in mind, if you say no, it's an offence.
55:55See if I feel it, am I going to get arrested anyway?
55:58Yes.
56:00Okay, no worries.
56:01We'll go for a refusal then.
56:03He thought that it would be an easier kind of option for him if he didn't provide
56:07because the courts may well not know at that point what he did have to drink.
56:12But that's not the case.
56:13He may well find out that the reaction that he's going to get from the courts is worse.
56:18I'll go yesterday.
56:19Listen, I'm not messing about with you here, mate.
56:21I've been very decent with you so far.
56:23I know you're...
56:23Right then, play the game or don't because I'm not going to do this anywhere with you.
56:27Right, son.
56:28There's no many police officers giving you many chances, son, I'll tell you that.
56:33So you're going to do it, yes?
56:34But as Liam gets the intoximator ready, he changes his mind again.
56:41You got any refusal now?
56:42Aye, mate.
56:43All right, listen.
56:45That's a refusal.
56:46Come on.
56:46Let's go.
56:47He now faces a night in the cells.
56:51All right.
56:52If you're refusing, that's it.
56:53And serious charges down the line.
56:56No, no, no, no, bud.
56:57We'll need to get him in the trousers, bud.
57:05Come on, son.
57:07We have a driver who is under the influence of alcohol, who no lights on.
57:11We also have, from the public's point of view, the same.
57:15They can't see him.
57:16They're under the influence of alcohol.
57:19He's taking a risk getting into that car.
57:22He could have killed somebody.
57:46Next time, an alarming discovery in the Cairngorm Mountains.
58:05We've had some contractors who believe they may have come across the remains of a body.
58:11It's a massive stroke of luck.
58:12The witness has come close enough to see the remains there.
58:17A raid in freezing case Ness uncovers a tropical menagerie.
58:22I don't even know how to describe it.
58:24And in Inverness, youths run riot.
58:28Hey, stop it!
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