Woman arrested following armed stand-off at Edinburgh tourist attraction

The alarm was raised at Craigmillar Castle yesterday afternoon

Published 1st Apr 2018

A woman has been arrested after firearms police had to be called to the grounds of a castle in Edinburgh.

The alarm was raised over an incident in a wooded area of Craigmillar Castle on Saturday afternoon.

Negotiators and officers with firearms were at the scene and the area was sealed off.

A 48-year-old woman has been arrested and a report was sent to the procurator fiscal.

A Police Scotland spokesman said no-one else was involved in the incident, and that no member of the public had been in danger.