Police prepare to remove the bin from Comiston Road, Edinburgh. Picture: Comiston.co.uk

Officers took the action in Comiston Road after receiving a report from concerned locals at around 5pm.

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One resident, who asked not to be named, said that the bin was emanating a “stench of death”.