Concern as figures show sharp increase in drink spiking incidents at venues across Stirling

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Reports of spiking incidents across Stirling’s pubs, bars and clubs have risen sharply in the last two years, according to figures obtained by the Stirling Observer.

Of 11 incidents reported to Police Scotland in the last five years, 10 of those occurred between 2021 and 2022. It comes after we told how there were a spate of alleged spiking incidents at bars and clubs in the city in October and November last year – as nightclubs opened for the first time in almost 600 days following the easing of Covid restrictions.

Figures obtained by the Observer via a Freedom of Information (FoI) request detailed the number of incidents of either drugging – when drugs are administered with intent to produce “stupefaction” – and incidents of administering a substance for sexual purposes since 2017 up until April this year.The figures show that between 2017 and 2020 there was just one reported incident, in 2019.However, the statistics show that last year saw a rise in the number of cases, with six.In 2022, up to April 20, there had already been four cases reported.The information showed that all 11 reported incidents are “currently undetected” meaning there have been no charges.In October last year police confirmed they were investigating reports that a woman had her drink spiked in Tingle bar in the city centre on Saturday, October 16.Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area.In November, police were investigating a report of someone being spiked by injection at a city nightclub.

It was understood at that time that the complaint came from someone who was in Fubar, in Maxwell Place, and was the first reported case of suspected spiking by injection in the city.The trend of people believed to have been spiked during