Three men arrested following search of car in Ellersly Road

Police have arrested three men  after a weapon and drugs were found after officers
stopped and searched a car in Ellersly Road yesterday.

Two 18-year-old men and a 20-year-old man have been arrested following the incident.

A police spokesman said: “On Wednesday, 6 May, 2020, road
policing officers stopped a vehicle on Ellersly Road in Edinburgh.

“Officers searched the car and discovered a quantity of
drugs and an offensive weapon.

“Two men, aged 18, and one man aged 20, were arrested and
charged in connection with the incident. All three men are subject of a report
of the Procurator Fiscal.”