A FORMER soldier sparked a major armed police operation after telling officers he had a gun in his house and knew how to use it.
Paul Fitzsimmons called NHS 24 telling them he was going to take a bottle of tablets.
Jim Kelman, prosecuting, told Ayr Sheriff Court the 44-year-old then contacted police and told them he had been in the Army and that he was going to shoot himself.
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