Streets in Glasgow city centre closed due to disturbance – police

Some streets in Glasgow city centre have been locked down for six hours due to a man causing a “disturbance”, police said.

Officers were called to a report of a man causing a disturbance at about 4.45am on Saturday near St Vincent Street.

Neighbouring roads were closed and the public were told to avoid the area.

Berkeley Street at North Street, Granville Street at Sauchiehall Street, Kent Road from North Street to Elderslie Street, Cleveland Street and Cleveland Lane were all closed.

Police Scotland did not say whether there was perceived to be a threat to the public.

The roads remained closed six hours after police were first alerted.

A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: “Officers are in attendance and the incident is ongoing.

“Members of the public are asked to avoid the area at this time.”

A post shared by the Mitchell Library read: “Due to an ongoing police incident the Mitchell will not open at 9am as planned this morning.

“We will open as soon as restrictions in the area are lifted.”