{"id":209216,"date":"2025-06-24T02:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T02:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/209216\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T02:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T02:22:10","slug":"armed-cops-swarm-scots-street-amid-ongoing-incident-as-road-locked-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/209216\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed cops swarm Scots street amid ongoing incident as road locked down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ARMED cops have descended on a street in Edinburgh this evening.<\/p>\n<p>Officers rushed to Pennywell Gardens and cordoned off the residential road.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police cars at a crime scene in Pennywell Gardens, Edinburgh.\" height=\"529\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cops-locked-pennywell-gardens-edinburgh-1005045997.jpg\" data-caption=\"Armed cops have locked down a street in Edinburgh\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cops-locked-pennywell-gardens-edinburgh-1005045997.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Armed cops have locked down a street in Edinburgh<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police cars at a locked-down Pennywell Gardens in Edinburgh.\" height=\"542\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cops-locked-pennywell-gardens-edinburgh-1005046006.jpg\" data-caption=\"Officers rushed to Pennywell Gardens\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cops-locked-pennywell-gardens-edinburgh-1005046006.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Officers rushed to Pennywell Gardens<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police incident response unit van and police cars at Pennywell Gardens in Edinburgh.\" height=\"641\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cops-locked-pennywell-gardens-edinburgh-1005045998.jpg\" data-caption=\"Several police cars and an incident response unit van are part of the major response\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cops-locked-pennywell-gardens-edinburgh-1005045998.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Several police cars and an incident response unit van are part of the major response<\/p>\n<p>Firearms cops were spotted during the major response in the northwest of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/where\/edinburgh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">capital<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/police-scotland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police<\/a> SUVs, cars and an incident response unit van are in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Officers have taped off the street at the junction with Pennywell Road.<\/p>\n<p>The nature of the emergency is not yet known.<\/p>\n<p>Police Scotland has been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ARMED cops have descended on a street in Edinburgh this evening. 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