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Claire Galloway

Police find body near Edinburgh city bypass after reports of a 'motorbike fire'

Police have launched an investigation after a body was found near the Edinburgh City Bypass.

Officers were called to reports of a motorbike on fire shortly after 9am this morning near Midlothian's Hadfast Road, in the village of Cousland.

Police say they discovered a body nearby on arrival. The person is yet to be publicly identified.

Photos sent to Edinburgh Live show forensics combing the scene for evidence on a walkway that runs under the A68 Dalkeith Northern Bypass.

An investigation has been launched, with police currently describing the death as "unexplained".

The scene was taped off earlier today (Supplied)

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A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We received a report of a motorbike on fire near Hadfast Road, Cousland, around 9.20am on Sunday, 17 January, 2021. On arrival, officers discovered the body of a person nearby.

"The death is being treated as unexplained and enquiries into the circumstances are ongoing.”

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