Armed police swoop in after report of ‘man with weapon’

Armed police swooped in on an Edinburgh street following a report of a man “with a weapon”.

The officers raided a house in the city’s Oxgangs Crescent after the alarm was raised during the early hours of Friday.

A 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident.

Chief inspector Scott Richardson said: “Officers, including specialist firearms officers, attended an address in Oxgangs Crescent, Edinburgh, in the early hours of Friday following a report of a man in possession of a weapon.

“A 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident and enquiries are continuing.”

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