Police on alert over 'kidnap'

POLICE launched a large-scale operation yesterday after receiving a phone call that suggested a 14-year-old girl had been abducted in Duddingston. But the search was called off two hours later after officers concluded that the 999 call was a case of mistaken identity.

From about 2pm 25 officers searched Duddingston Golf Course for the 14-year-old, who was reported to have been dragged into bushes by a man. The search was called off at 4pm.