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Ryan Carroll

Riot police storm property on Scots street amid ongoing incident

Riot police have been captured storming the scene of an ongoing incident in Fife this morning.

Emergency services - including cops and fire crews - are currently at a block of flats on Copeland Crescent in Cowdenbeath.

The alarm was raised at around 6am on Friday, August 13, following reports of a "disturbance".

Riot police march into the set of flats (Fife Jammer Locations)

Officers have been on the scene all morning, and footage sent to the Record shows around half a dozen riot police marching into a set of flats on the street.

The officers, carrying shields and wearing helmets, enter the close while other uniformed cops stand guard outside the property.

Other pictures taken from the scene show several police vehicles in attendance, as well as two fire engines.

Emergency services at the scene (Fife Jammer Locations)

Cops say the incident is contained to within the property and they remain at the scene.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Officers are currently in attendance in the Copeland Crescent area of Cowdenbeath following a disturbance within a property that police were called to at around 6am on Friday, August 13, 2021.

Police on the street following the "disturbance" (Fife Jammer Locations)

“The incident is contained to within the property and police remain at the scene.”

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has been contacted for comment.

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