Two people have been arrested after police officers from Wester Hailes recovered knives in two separate incidents in the west side of the city.
Around 5.50pm on Sunday 17 November 2024 officers arrested and charged a 60-year-old woman in Dundee Street for being in possession of a knife.
She will be reported to the Procurator Fiscal.
Later that day, around 6.20pm a 53-year-old man was arrested and charged for being in possession of a knife in Stenhouse Place East.
He was due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday, 18 November 2024.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “No persons were injured, and no member of the public was at risk during these incidents.”
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.
