Five charged in Scots gang war investigation as total arrests reach 62

A further five people have been arrested as part of an investigation into an ongoing gar war in Scotland.

Police Scotland has arrested and charged a total of 62 people in connection with Operation Portaledge, after violent incidents in the east and west of the country.

On Monday, September 1, officers executed a warrant at a property on Margaret Thomson Crescent in Edinburgh where a firearm, as well as a quantity of drugs, were seized.

A 19-year-old woman was arrested and charged in connection and appeared on undertaking at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday, October 2.

A 43-year-old man was also arrested and charged in connection and appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday, October 20.

On Thursday, September 4, a 55-year-old man was arrested and charged in connection with a serious assault which happened on Pitcairn Grove in Edinburgh on Thursday, May 22.

He is due to appear in court at a later date.

Officers arrested and charged two men, aged 40 and 39, on Tuesday, October 28, in connection with a theft by housebreaking which occurred at a property on Mortonhall Park Place in Edinburgh on Tuesday, March 18.

Both men appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Wednesday, October 29.