Officers have issued a further warning to retailers and people who may handle cash as part of their work to be on the look out following a number of reports of counterfeit notes being used.
Detectives investigating the 35-year-old murder of a North-east taxi driver have received more than a hundred contacts from the public since a renewed appeal in September.
This week officers from the Divisional Alcohol Violence Reduction Unit (DAVRU) have been supporting local Community Policing Teams across the North East to target violent offenders in the lead-up to Christmas and New Year.
Police Scotland have confirmed that three people have been arrested following an inquiry into concerns raised regarding the care and welfare of residents at Muirhead Care Home, near Alford.
People in Aberdeenshire are being urged to help eradicate hate crime by reporting any acts they witness, as National Hate Crime Awareness Week takes place (13-20 October).
A campaign launched in 2017 in Aberdeen to help people who feel uncomfortable or unsafe on dates, in the company of others, or any other social situation, is being widened to the whole of the North East.
