{"id":328067,"date":"2025-08-08T14:18:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/328067\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T14:18:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:18:22","slug":"armed-police-called-to-reports-of-men-with-gun-in-edinburgh-before-flat-fire-discovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/328067\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed police called to reports of men with gun in Edinburgh before flat fire discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Two people have been arrested after police were called to reports of men with a gun in Edinburgh, before a flat fire was discovered.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police were called to reports of men seen in possession of what appeared to be a firearm on Loganlea Terrace around 5.30pm on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services, including armed police, arrived on the scene and found a property on fire.<\/p>\n<p>Six fire engines were sent to tackle the blaze, with one appliance remaining on the scene into Friday.<\/p>\n<p>There were no reports of any injuries, and enquiries are ongoing to establish the cause of the fire.<\/p>\n<p>Following further enquiries, two men aged 22 and 29 were arrested in connection with drug offences.<\/p>\n<p>No weapons were recovered.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: \u201cAround 5.30pm on Thursday, August 7, 2025, we received a report of men seen in possession of what appeared to be a firearm on Loganlea Terrace, Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmergency services attended and found a property on fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were no reports of any injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing further enquiries, two men aged 22 and 29 were arrested in connection with drug offences, and enquiries are ongoing. No weapons were recovered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnquiries are ongoing to establish the cause of the fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people have been arrested after police were called to reports of men with a gun in Edinburgh,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-328067","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114993581824181682","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328067","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=328067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}