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Traffic police were sent to a drive-thru doughnut shop today to stop traffic chaos.

The opening of the Krispy Kreme store has seen drivers queuing for an hour in mile-long tailbacks to buy the snacks.

Today traffic got so bad police urged drivers to avoid the western side of Edinburgh altogether.

Two patrol cars were despatched to stop customers causing a total traffic meltdown.

The store opened on Wednesday and has been inundated ever since with customers happy to pay £10 for a box of 12 doughnuts.

But the opening has caused problems for other shops on the park and for transport bosses as the tailbacks reached the busy city bypass and M8 motorway.

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One employee of the store rewarded the officers for their hard work with a box of doughnuts.

An officer was spotted enjoying a bite before putting the box in the back of his van.

The store, which is the American chain's first in Scotland, took £60,000 in its first day - three times as much as its previous UK record.

* How our sister website the Daily Record is reporting the story.