COPS were called in to clear a fire raising gang of teenagers off the streets of Dundee this evening.
The group of around fifty kids spent the night taunting officers and letting off fireworks and setting bins on fire in the Kirkton area of the city.
They attempted to block a road with bins but officers reacted quickly and the group fled.
Just after 9pm the gang were standing near a fire they had lit when they were surrounded by the specialist officers.
Most of the group – who had their faces covered with balaclavas – ran off and left the area as the fire service extinguished the small blaze.
One resident, who declined to be named, said: “It really is joke. It’s not as bad as last year but it’s still not acceptable.
“Parents need to do more to stop this. This is our community these kids are wrecking.”
Earlier in the night officers were spotted moving bins off the streets.
Locals watched on as cops moved in to clear the streets.
Residents had feared a repeat of last years trouble when a gang of hooded and masked yobs set wheelie bins ablaze outside an empty house to stop cops getting near the riot.
The louts then ransacked the empty house, throwing stuff out of the address and smashing windows.
Children as young as 10 were supposedly involved in the carnage.
Elsewhere, Lothian Buses has been forced to cancel a number of services in Edinburgh tonight.
Bosses at the firm were fearful of passenger and staff safety amid widespread anti-social behaviour in the capital’s streets.
