{"id":634931,"date":"2025-12-15T23:53:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T23:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/634931\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T23:53:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T23:53:29","slug":"glasgow-man-arrested-after-armed-police-lock-down-street-as-evacuated-residents-return-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/634931\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow man arrested after armed police lock down street as evacuated residents return home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Officers confirmed they attended an address in connection with an &#8216;ongoing incident&#8217;, a disturbance shortly followed.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_JS390851042.jpg\" alt=\"Police Scotland officers in Summerston\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Police Scotland officers in Summerston<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A man has been arrested after a street in the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowlive.co.uk\/news\/glasgow-news\/armed-police-swarm-glasgow-street-33060758\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Summerston Link opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Summerston <\/a>area of Glasgow was locked down by armed police, with nearby residents evacuated from their homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowlive.co.uk\/all-about\/police-scotland\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Emergency servicesLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Emergency services<\/a>, including firearms officers, swooped in on Drumlaken Street in Glasgow at around 9.50am this morning, December 15. Officers confirmed they attended an address in connection with an &#8216;ongoing incident&#8217;, a disturbance shortly followed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Several surrounding streets have now re-opened, including Caldercuilt Road, between Arrochar Street and Rothes Drive, and Arrochar Street at Drumlaken Street. Evacuated locals were told to take shelter in a community centre and have since been able to return to their homes at around 7.15pm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_JS390851156.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In a recent update, Police Scotland confirmed a 56-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident and there is now &#8220;no wider risk to the public&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Sergeant Jono Adams added: \u201cI\u2019d like to thank the local community for their support and patience while officers were in attendance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWhile enquiries remain ongoing, there is no longer disruption to the area and no wider risk to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Images showed a large emergency response in the area. One picture shows police cordon, taping off part of the street with two police cars parked nearby, and a uniformed officer standing guard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_JS390851162.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Another shows a firefighter at the scene holding a torch as darkness fell. A fire appliance could also be seen with a large amount of emergency service officers at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A council spokesperson said: &#8220;Residents displaced from properties on Drumlaken St, Summerston, should now be able to return home. The temporary rest centre at Bellcraig Community Centre has now closed.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Officers confirmed they attended an address in connection with an &#8216;ongoing incident&#8217;, a disturbance shortly followed.Police Scotland officers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,188,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-634931","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-glasgow","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-scotland","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634931","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=634931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}