Six people have been arrested and charged in connection with a number of robberies, which have taken place in Edinburgh city centre over the past week.
In the early hours of Sunday 9th August, three incidents were reported in Blackfriars Street, Market Street and Montrose Terrace.
Three men aged 38, 22 and 20 were all attacked and robbed of their personal belongings during these offences.
As a result of police inquiries, three males aged 15, 22 and 24 were subsequently arrested and will appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday 17th August.
Officers had also been investigating another three robberies, which took place in Restalrig Road, Drumsheugh Gardens and Harrison Park between Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th August.
Police established these incidents were linked and three further men aged 16, 18 and 21 have all now been arrested and will also appear in court on Monday.
Detective Inspector Grant Johnston said: “Each of these offences resulted in the victims either being threatened or assaulted and robbed of their property.
“As a result of speedy inquiries carried out by a team of officers six men are now in custody and I would like to thank the public for their assistance.
“We will continue to investigate any incident of this nature as a priority to quickly bring the offenders to justice”
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
