Seven police cars called to incident

POLICE swooped on a Dundee street after reports of a strong smell of petrol coming from a house.

Eyewitnesses told the Tele of seeing seven police cars, as well as a fire appliance, race to the address in Clepington Road around 1pm yesterday.

Residents say a police officer carried a green plastic petrol canister out of the property.

Police today confirmed they were called out to reports of a disturbance.

Stephen Henderson, 45, who stays next door to the tenement, described seeing the building swarming with police, adding: “At around 1pm, seven police vehicles swooped into the street and officers ran into the building.

“A fire engine also appeared and parked just outside. The next thing I saw was a police officer carrying a green, plastic petrol canister out of the tenement and placing it on the ground outside.

“Very soon afterwards, a man was led out of the building and placed in the back of a police car.

“It was hard to say what was happening but it was obvious the canister had played a key role.”

Graeme Campbell, 51, of Clepington Road, said he was looking out of his window when he saw police officers arrive and disappear into the building.

He explained: “It was obvious something serious was happening, but I didn’t know what it was.”

One woman who lives beside the property, near Arklay Street, said the smell of petrol was “very strong”.

Another neighbour said: “I was sitting and then I heard the sirens. They were so loud and there were so many of them you knew something major was happening.

“Several police cars and a police van arrived and screeched up at the door. The police smashed the wee pane of glass to get in the close.”

A spokesman for the force said: “Police Scotland attended reports of a disturbance at an address in Clepington Road, Dundee, at about 12.50pm yesterday.

“A 28-year-old man was detained in connection with the matter. The man has since been released.

“No one has been charged in connection with the incident.”

A spokeswoman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: “We were called to assist police at that address.

“However, our services were not required.”

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