Borders councillor steps down from SNP after cannabis farm charge
She has remained in her role as councillor for the East Berwickshire ward.
The cannabis farm was discovered after police were called to a report of men banging on the window of a remote property near Paxton late at night on 3 February 2024. When officers arrived they found no trace of the men, but did find cannabis with an estimated street value of about £500,000.Orr spoke about the incident during at the SNP conference last year, but did not mention the discovery of the cannabis.
At an event organised by the Scottish Police Federation and attended by Justice Secretary Angela Constance, Orr said she was "crying on the phone" and thought she "was going to die" when she called officers about two men outside the property.Orr said it took 29 minutes for Police Scotland to arrive and that by then the two men had fled.The force said officers arrived at the "remote property" within 19 minutes of the call.The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service confirmed that the procurator fiscal had received a report "concerning a 70-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man in connection with an alleged incident in the Scottish Borders on 3 February 2024".
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