Bonfire Night carnage cops arrest four schoolkids in dramatic early morning raids

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Four teens were among seven people arrested over Bonfire Night riots after a series of dawn raids were carried out by police yesterday in the hunt for the thugs behind Scotland’s firework riots.

The crackdown came after ­communities throughout Scotland witnessed disturbing scenes on Bonfire Night, with fireworks set off in public places and used to attack police, fire crews and shops.The latest raids yesterday morning involved 20 officers and the arrest of four teenagers before they could set off for school.

Three other adults, including a 39-year-old woman, were nicked in the operation. All seven of those arrested have been charged with disorder offences.The Daily Record joined an Operation Moonbeam squad of uniformed and plainclothes officers, coordinated at Gorbals police station in Glasgow.

Two men aged 24 and 19, the 39-year-old woman, two 14-year-old boys and boys aged 15 and 16 were arrested.Inspector Graeme Hogg, who led the crackdown, said: “After the events of November 5, we made a commitment to the people of Pollokshields and elsewhere that we would take action against the people who have been determined to wreak havoc.