Police had to wait two weeks from the moment they requested a search warrant for the house of the former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell, as well as the headquarters of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in Edinburgh.
The delay was revealed in a Freedom of Information request submitted by the Scottish Conservatives, which Police Scotland responded to on May 11.
The police made the warrant request to the Crown Office and Procurators Fiscal Service (COPFS) on March 20. The warrant was granted two weeks later, on April 3.
During these two weeks, the SNP leadership battle following Sturgeon’s resignation on Feb. 15 saw Humza Yousaf win and form a new government….