Two men have been arrested by cops in connection with the incident in the early hours of Monday.
12:16, 18 Aug 2025Updated 12:35, 18 Aug 2025
Capital Cars(Image: Google)
Two men have been arrested after the offices of a taxi firm believed to be linked to the Scots gang war were torched.
The offices of Capital Cars on Gorgie Road were torched in the early hours of the morning after a lull in the violence in recent months.
Cops moved quickly and arrested two men, aged 25 and 26, following the incident.
The firm was previously targeted in May when two cars were torched outside the premises.
Mob boss Mark Richardson’s brother, Dale, was also targeted on the same day when yobs smashed the windows of his house in the city.
Police and investigators from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service at the scene in May. (Image: Reach PLC.)
The gang war erupted on the streets of Edinburgh in March when Dubai-based gangster Ross McGill’s Tamo Junto (TMJ) gang start to go after Richardson over a haul of cocaine paid for with fake bank notes.
The TMJ gang torched properties and businesses throughout the capital city through month, before moving on to Glasgow in April when they went after Richardson associates in the Daniel clan.
Senior members of the Daniel and Richardson gangs were targeted in chilling machete attacks before the fued escalated Eddie Lyons and Ross Monaghan were murdered at a bar in Spain in May.
The Police Scotland investigation on the gang war in Edinburgh and Glasgow, Operation Portaledge, has led to 55 people being arrested so far.
A spokesperson for the force said: “Around 3am on Monday, August 18, we were made aware of a wilful fire at a premises in Gorgie Road, Edinburgh.
“Emergency services attended, however the fire had not taken hold and there was no significant damage
“There were no reports of any injuries.
“Two men, aged 25 and 26, were arrested in connection and enquiries are ongoing.”