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Edinburgh Police Make Eight Arrests at Music Festival Including Boy, 12, After Youths Scale Fences
Police said 8 people, including a 12-year-old boy, were charged after youths tried to enter the festival without tickets and disrupted bus services.
- Eight people, including a 12-year-old boy, were arrested following disorder at Edinburgh's FLY Festival over the weekend of September 12-13 at Princes Street Gardens, facing charges including assault, breach of the peace and misuse of drugs.
- Thousands attended the 10th anniversary FLY Festival at the Ross Bandstand, but large groups of youths without valid tickets attempted to breach perimeter fencing, with hundreds captured on social media scaling barriers and entering through fence gaps.
- On Saturday, four males aged 15, 17, 18 and 27 were arrested and charged; on Sunday, four more males aged 12, 18, 18 and 20 faced similar charges as Superintendent Neil Wilson described incidents as "unacceptable and dangerous."
- Bus services on Princes Street were disrupted as officers responded to incidents, and some individuals trespassed on the railway line near Waverley Station, prompting Wilson to state such behaviour will not be tolerated.
- Police Scotland confirmed investigations are continuing to identify others involved, with reports being submitted to relevant authorities; anyone with information can contact Police Scotland on 101 quoting reference 1161 of Saturday, September 12, 2026, or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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