Five people have been arrested and charged as part of an ongoing joint investigation by HMRC and Police Scotland into alleged money laundering and VAT fraud worth £12 million.

Between Thursday 21 March and Monday 25 March, four men and a woman from Bathgate, Cambuslang and Giffnock, aged 34 to 61, were arrested in connection with the ongoing inquiry.

All were subsequently charged and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.

Detective Inspector Gordon Burns of Police Scotland's Economic Crime and Financial Investigation Unit said: "Money laundering and associated criminality has a...