Large police presence on Glenrothes street after town centre medical incident

Several police officers descended on a street in Glenrothes town centre on Tuesday due to a medical incident.

At least five police vehicles as well as an ambulance were spotted on North Street, close to Albany Gate, at around 8pm.

No further police action took place.

One eyewitness said saw a number of youths in the area before a number of police vehicles arrived in quick succession.

She said: “There were a few large groups of teens hanging about the area with serval police cars and vans van and also ambulance.

“It looked as if there was one person put in to the police van.

“There’s clearly been some sort of serious incident to have so many police arrive.”

The incident in North Street follows earlier comments posted on social media of a disturbance in nearby Riverside Park.

Police Scotland confirmed the call at Riverside Park was a concern for a person and the two Glenrothes events were not linked.