Two teenagers have been charged after they were caught trespassing on railway lines near a retail park in Arbroath.
On Tuesday, May 14, two 15-year-olds were traced by police on the railway, parallel to the A92 near McDonalds at Westway Retail Park in the area shortly before a passenger train went past.
Both were taken home by officers before they were charged.
Police said that they have been dealing with an increasing number of incidents involving youths trespassing on the railway tracks in the area.
Sergeant Garry Miller from Arbroath Police office said: “It goes without saying that actions like these are monumentally dangerous and pose huge risks not just to those running across the tracks, but to the people on the trains, and to officers who have to deal with them.
“We cannot state strongly enough how foolish it is to cross railway lines which are in use, and as has happened this week, anyone found doing so will be dealt with accordingly.”
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