Strathclyde Police has arrested a 16-year-old male in connection with setting up a Facebook page which aimed to incite Glaswegians to riot.

Calls were made for the Facebook page, ‘Let’s start a riot in Glasgow’, to be closed by the social media site, which was attempting to start a riot following similar riots across London, Birmingham and Bristol over the last 48-hours.

The 16-year-old was apparently detained in the South Side of the city.

Strathclyde Police has said that at the time of writing there was ‘no intelligence’ to suggest that there was any trouble planned in the city.

ACC Fiona Taylor, Strathclyde Police Operational Support said: "This detention shows that we are monitoring the situation closely and we will take decisive action to prevent anyone inciting violence of any kind in Glasgow or anywhere else in the Force area. Communities in London and other cities in England have been outraged at the disgraceful scenes of destruction and looting that they have witnessed and we are sure that communities here would be just as horrified to think that anyone was trying to incite similar acts of mindless criminality.

"Let there be no mistake, we are ready for any eventuality and will take any action necessary to prevent this kind of abhorrent behaviour. The action we took today should act as a strong warning to anyone who is thinking of causing trouble here."

Two 18-year-olds in Folkestone, Kent, have also been arrested over inciting rioting via Facebook.