Police investigating fraud allegations at the SNP are probing high value transactions including vehicle purchases made by the party.

Senior figures have been quizzed by detectives about items of spending and also gifts dating back to 2018 as part of the investigation codenamed Operation Branchform.

Crown prosecutors are now directing the probe which was triggered by at least 19 criminal complaints that £600,000 of donations to a “ring-fenced” referendum fund had been misappropriated.

We revealed how former treasurer Douglas Chapman was spoken to as a witness by officers in the days before Nicola Sturgeon announced her shock resignation.

She and her husband – former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell – say they have yet to be interviewed.

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