Three charged with firearms offences after Edinburgh raid

Three people have been charged in connection with drugs and firearms offences in a raid on a house in Edinburgh.

Officers seized “a number of weapons” including a firearm and several mobile phones during a raid on a flat in Crewe Road Gardens in the Pilton area of Edinburgh on Thursday.

Police Scotland said “extensive inquiries” were ongoing and said the incident is part of their investigations into recent crimes in the east and west of the country.

Two men aged 41 and 61 and a 17-year-old woman are scheduled to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Saturday.

The arrests come in the middle of a number of gang-related incidents in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Since March, assaults, shootings and fire-raisings in both cities have been treated as potentially linked to a number of alleged gang-related incidents, with videos of some fires posted online.

Det Ch Supt David Ferry, from Police Scotland’s specialist crime division, said a “visible police presence” would remain in Pilton for a period.

He added: “I want to reassure the community that extensive enquiries are ongoing into this as part of our investigation into recent incidents in the east and west of the country.

“If you have any information that can assist our investigation, please get in touch.”