A foreign national wanted on a European arrest warrant for a violent sexual offence has been traced in an Edinburgh shopping centre.

Officers detained the man while carrying out patrols in the Waverley Mall, at the east end of Princes Street, on Wednesday.

He is being held for deportation and another man was arrested for obstructing officers carrying out a drugs search.

Additional patrols are being carried out at the shopping complex as part of Operation Cerimon, to combat antisocial behaviour and other long-running issues.