Attempted break-in at a shop on Southfield Drive in Elgin. Image: Google Maps.
A 14-year-old has been charged in connection with an attempted break-in at an Elgin shop.
Last night at around 10.30pm, officers were called to Southfield Drive.
Southfield Drive is next to a housing estate and is home to a number of businesses, including a Scotmid, insurance firm NFU Mutual Elgin & Inverness, and insurance broker Marsh Commercial.
It is understood the Scotmid store’s door has been boarded up.
The store remains open but the door is boarded up. Image: Tyler McNeill
A police spokesman said: “We were called around 10.30pm on Monday, to a report of an attempted break-in at a premises in the Southfield Drive area of Elgin.
“A 14-year-old male youth has been charged in connection and a report will be sent to the Children’s Reporter.”
Boarded up door at Scotmid after attempted break-in. Image: Tyler McNeill
Teenager charged after attempted break-in at Elgin shop
