A police investigation has been launched after shocked members of the public found a Glock pistol in an Edinburgh river. Officers were alerted to the firearm discovery in the Water of Leith at around 1.20pm on Thursday, July 21, in the Warriston area of the capital.
Members of the Water of Leith Conservation Trust were clearing invasive plant species from the waterway when they stumbled across the weapon. An image from the scene shows the silver gun lying on the riverbed covered in algae.
Edinburgh Live reports that those who found the weapon confirmed that it must have been underwater for a lengthy period, saying: "It had been in the river for a while so everything was fairly well seized".
