Gun found in Aberdeen street
Police made the discovery last night
Last updated 22nd Mar 2017
A gun’s been found in a communal garden in Aberdeen.
Police Scotland is carrying out enquiries in the Great Northern Road area after the firearm was discovered during the evening of Tuesday 21 March 2017. Specialist officers in attendance safely recovered the item.
Detective Inspector Robin Sim, who is leading the investigation, said:
"Our enquiries are at an early stage and we are trying to establish where the weapon has come from and how it got to where it was found.
"I would like to take this opportunity to stress that at no point has there been any threat to the public, and that the item has been safely recovered by specialist officers. There will be a Police presence in the area while further enquiries are carried out.”
It's the third weapon found in the Granite City in a number of months - A blank-firing gun in Victoria Park, and a shotgun discovered in the grounds of Robert Gordon University.