The body of a teenager has been found at a house in Stranraer.

Police are treating the death as unexplained.

The 17-year-old boy was found at the property in the town's centre at around 9.30pm on Wednesday.

Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary has launched an investigation.

The name of the teenager is not known.

Police will release no further details until his family have been informed.

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