Over the recent months police have arrested and charged a further five people in connection with Operation Portaledge the investigation into gang feuds throughout the central belt of Scotland.

This brings the total number of arrests to 62.

Officers executed a warrant at a property on Margaret Thomson Crescent in Edinburgh on Monday, 1 September, 2025. A firearm, as well as a quantity of drugs, were seized.

A 19-year-old woman was arrested and charged in connection and appeared on undertaking at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday, 2 October.

A 43-year-old man was also arrested and charged in connection and appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday, 20 October.

On Thursday, 4 September, a 55-year-old man was arrested and charged in connection with a serious assault which happened o

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