6<\/p>\n Police sealed off Walter Scott Avenue in Edinburgh amid an ongoing probe 6<\/p>\n Officers were seen arriving in the city centre street with blue lights flashing 6<\/p>\n Walter Scott Avenue has been cordoned off as cops probe an alleged firearms incident<\/p>\n It\u2019s understood cops<\/a> working under Police<\/a> Scotland\u2019s Operation Portaledge are probing the latest terrifying incident linked to Scotland’s ongoing gangland violence.<\/p>\n It\u2019s claimed an armed maniac pounced outside a property<\/a> in the city\u2019s Walter Scott Avenue in the latest sinister assault<\/a>.<\/p>\n And underworld insiders have claimed the house<\/a> is connected to a slashing victim who was cut across the face in March by hoods who tracked him down in Thailand<\/a>.<\/p>\n We earlier told how the man had fled to Bangkok <\/a>in the wake of a dodgy drug deal that sparked the ongoing waves of violence.<\/p>\n Locals\u00a0 told of seeing police race into the street this afternoon before the area was sealed off amid dramatic scenes.<\/p>\n Uniformed cops stood guard at a cordon as officers homed in on a property as stunned residents looked on.<\/p>\n An eye witness said: \u201cThe place was all quiet and then all of a sudden cop cars came tearing round the corner with their blue lights flashing.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019ve locked down the street and seem to be paying close attention to one property in particular but I’ve no idea what it\u2019s all about.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone is aware of the ongoing violence linked to gangs<\/a> in the city and the fear is it\u2019s connected to that.\u201d<\/p>\n Another resident said they thought they had heard noises consistent with a gun attack.<\/p>\n They said: “I thought I heard something that sounded like shots last night.”<\/p>\n We told how former Union Bear McGill, 31, has been named by underworld sources as the kingpin behind a mystery crime group known as Tamo Junto.<\/p>\n Supercar dealer\u2019s drill vid lyrics hail murdered bruv amid \u2018Dubai ties\u2019 claims to turf war hood<\/p>\n They have claimed responsibility for orchestrating a string of firebomb attacks and violent assaults on Richardson associates and members of Glasgow\u2019s notorious Daniel crime family<\/a>.<\/p>\n Police have so far arrested more than 40 people as part of a huge probe into the carnage that\u2019s been sweeping across our two biggest cities since March.<\/p>\n We told how a horrifying image emerged showing a man\u2019s right cheek having been cut wide open after he was tracked down in the South East Asian country.<\/p>\n Sources say he was suspected by McGill as having been part of the Richardson-linked crew who used fake notes to rip him off <\/a>in a \u00a3500,000 cocaine<\/a> deal.<\/p>\n An insider revealed at the time: \u201cHe is one of Richardson\u2019s associates and he left the country to get out of the way until the dust settles.<\/p>\n \u201cBut this mob managed to find him and left him scarred for life after a guy slashed him across the face with a blade.<\/p>\n 6<\/p>\n Associates of Edinburgh crime kingpin Mark Richardson have been targetedCredit: The Scottish Sun 6<\/p>\n Ross ‘Miami’ McGill is said to be driving a gang war from his Dubai base 6<\/p>\n Officers guarding Roseburn Path earlier this week when a gun was found<\/p>\n \u201cThey will stop at nothing to get the message across to Richardson and his crew that nobody is safe.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Police](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/andy-barr-www-andybarr-com-1002647201.jpg\")
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