Edinburgh business torched during early hours amid ongoing gang war

Officers are investigating whether the firebombing of a business in Edinburgh is linked to an ongoing gang war.

Emergency services were called to a fire at a premises on The Wisp at around 2.15am on Tuesday.

Detectives are treating the blaze as deliberate.

Investigators from Operation Portaledge, which was launched after a gang war ignited across Scotland’s Central Belt, are looking into whether the fire is linked to the feud.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 2.15am on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, officers received a report of a fire at a premises on The Wisp, Edinburgh.

“The fire is being treated as wilful, and enquiries are ongoing.”

Resurgence in gang-linked activity

A large-scale crackdown on the country’s criminal underworld was launched after two homes in Edinburgh were targeted by gunmen last March.

Over the next year, there were a slew of firebombings, assaults, home invasions and a bounty placed on the head of a jailed drug kingpin.

There was a resurgence in gang war-related activity last month, with one home on Balderston Gardens North in the capital targeted twice within 24 hours.

At the same time period, a skip lorry was driven into a living room on Brand Drive.

A gang, currently embroiled in the criminal feud spanning Scotland’s central belt, has claimed responsibility for the incident.

Skip lorry smashes into Edinburgh home's front door — Skip lorry smashes into Edinburgh home’s front door STV News

A video seen by STV News shows the vehicle reversing at speed, smashing through the front wall of the house and entering the living room.

The footage is overlaid with the song Go by the Chemical Brothers, which has seen a resurgence in popularity following the release of Apex on Netflix.

The movie follows Charlize Theron’s protagonist as she flees Taron Egerton’s antagonist through the Australian wilderness. The Chemical Brothers song is used by Egerton’s character to signify the beginning of the hunt.

The skip lorry video ends with a warning to those targeted, “Expect consequences,” and features the Tamo Junto (TMJ) logo.