A 50-year-old man has been arrested and charged following a robbery at an off licence in Edinburgh earlier this month.

Cash was stolen in the robbery at Oddbins on Brunswick Street on the evening of Sunday 4th March.

The accused man was detained in police custody and appeared before Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday 19th March, where he was remanded in custody pending his next appearance.

As well as charges in connection with the robbery, he has also been charged in connection with the recovery of a quantity of drugs from a car and a property on Lady Nairne Place in Edinburgh on Friday 16th March.

Two further men, aged 28 and 44, have been arrested and charged in connection with this drugs seizure and were also detained for court.

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.