{"id":274626,"date":"2025-07-19T11:48:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T11:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/274626\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T11:48:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T11:48:13","slug":"gangland-war-arrest-total-hits-55-as-scots-cops-swoop-in-after-properties-damaged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/274626\/","title":{"rendered":"Gangland war arrest total hits 55 as Scots cops swoop in after properties damaged"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police Scotland launched Operation Portaledge after a series of incidents in Glasgow, Edinburgh and surrounding areas in over the last few moths.\"EmergencyEmergency services at Jackson Way.<\/p>\n

Three more arrests have been made by cops<\/a> probing a gangland war that has been raging across Scotland.<\/p>\n

Police confirmed a 38-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with wilful fire-raising and firearms offences, bringing the total number of Operation Portaledge arrests<\/a> to 55.<\/p>\n

He is due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday July 21.<\/p>\n

A 26-year-has also been charged in connection<\/a> with damage at a property on Walter Scott Avenue in Edinburgh on Thursday June 12, and a wilful fire-raising at a property on Jackson Way in Tranent on Friday June 13.<\/p>\n

He will be reported to the Procurator<\/a> Fiscal.<\/p>\n

\"WindowsWindows at the property were shot at on Thursday night(Image: REACH PLC)<\/p>\n

Another 26-year-old man was charged in connection<\/a> with two vehicle fires in Port Seton, which occurred on Sunday May 18. He will be reported to the Procurator Fiscal.<\/p>\n

A number of incidents have since taken place in Glasgow<\/a>, Edinburgh and surrounding areas in recent weeks, with private homes and business premises targeted.<\/p>\n

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A spokesperson for the force said: “A 38-year-old man has been arrested in connection<\/a> with Operation Portaledge, bringing the total number of arrests to 55.<\/p>\n

“On Friday, 18 July, 2025, officers arrested and charged the man in connection with wilful fire-raising and firearms offences. He is due to appear<\/a> at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday, 21 July.<\/p>\n

“A 26-year-old man has been charged<\/a> in connection with damage at a property on Walter Scott Avenue in Edinburgh on Thursday, 12 June, and a wilful fire-raising at a property on Jackson Way in Tranent on Friday, 13 June. He will be reported to the Procurator Fiscal.<\/p>\n

“Another 26-year-old man was also charged in connection<\/a> with two vehicle fires in Port Seton, which occurred on Sunday, 18 May. He will be reported to the Procurator Fiscal.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police Scotland launched Operation Portaledge after a series of incidents in Glasgow, Edinburgh and surrounding areas in over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5009],"tags":[748,30,1102,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-274626","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scotland","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-courts","10":"tag-edinburgh","11":"tag-glasgow","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114879745956434107","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}