Police probe post office robbery on tiny Scottish island

Scarinish Harbour in Tiree, where the post office is located (Image: Jamie Simpson/Herald & Times) This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Police are probing the theft of a large sum of cash from a post office on a virtually crime-free island. Officers say the money was taken from the office on the Isle of Tiree, which is home to just 600 people. A man, said to be white, entered the premises in Scarinish around 12.35am on Sunday 2 August, and returned again around 12.30am on Monday, 3 August. During one of those occasions a four-figure sum of cash was taken The suspect is described a having a thin build, and was wearing hea