A 15-year-old boy was handcuffed by armed police during the search for a gun – which turned out to be a toy.

Police were called to a house in the Northfield area of Aberdeen at around midnight on Monday after a “suspected firearm” was spotted in a window.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Officers attended, spoke with the occupants and appropriate advice was given.

“A toy gun was discovered and no criminality was established.”

The force added that handcuffing is standard safety practice in such cases.

Once it was established that the gun was a toy, the teenager was freed, police said.

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