{"id":687875,"date":"2026-01-11T00:57:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T00:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/687875\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T00:57:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T00:57:29","slug":"armed-police-swoop-on-scots-supermarket-after-weapon-incident-sparks-huge-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/687875\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed police swoop on Scots supermarket after ‘weapon’ incident sparks huge response"},"content":{"rendered":"

Footage taken at Tesco Extra in Edinburgh’s Corstorphine area on Friday shows several police vehicles at the front of the store.\"videoHeadline\"\/Police swoop on Edinburgh Tesco after ‘weapon’ incident<\/p>\n

Armed police swooped on a Scottish supermarket<\/a> after an alleged weapon incident. Footage taken at Tesco Extra in Edinburgh’s Corstorphine<\/a> area on Friday shows a major police response at the store.<\/p>\n

Several police vehicles can be seen at the front of the superstore, while a string of officers work at the scene. Among the cops at the scene were black-clad armed officers.<\/p>\n

Police were called to the store on Meadow Place<\/a> Road just after 4pm after concerns were raised for a woman with an alleged weapon. A 20-year-old woman was arrested and charged in connection.<\/p>\n

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A huge police response was scrambled to Corstorphine’s Tesco Extra(Image: )<\/p>\n

In a video clip of the police response, one officer can be seen directing the person filming away from the scene as shoppers look on, pushing trolleys around the police vans.<\/p>\n

Police Scotland said armed officers attended as a precaution. The 20-year-old woman has since been released on an undertaking to appear at court at a later date.<\/p>\n

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Armed officers were on the scene(Image: )<\/p>\n

A spokeswoman said: \u201cAround 4.10pm on Friday, January 9, we received a report of concern for a person with a weapon at Meadow Place Road, Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmergency services attended and a 20-year-old woman was arrested and charged in connection and released on an undertaking to appear at court at a later date.\u201d<\/p>\n

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