Police not treating discovery of man's body in Balloch as suspicious

Police say they are not treating the discovery of a man’s body in Balloch on Sunday as suspicious.

Balloch bus stand was cordoned off with police officers and forensics teams seen investigating an area of land near the shelter on Sunday, following the discovery at 11am.

A member of the public alerted cops who rushed to the scene - with the entire area cordoned off until the early evening and the death treated as ‘unexplained’.

Officers have determined that the death was 'not suspicious." (Lennox Herald)

On Monday morning however a Police Scotland spokesperson confirmed that, following an investigation, the death was not being treated as suspicious.

They said: “Around 11am on Sunday, September 19 officers were made aware that the body of a man was found in the Balloch Road area of Balloch. The death is believed to be non-suspicious and a report has been submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.”