EVENING rush-hour drivers have been urged to avoid the M8 in Glasgow amid an ongoing police incident.

The Kingston Bridge is currently closed from junction 22 to 18 eastbound.

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Traffic is queuing from junction 22 M74 to junction 18 A804 St George's Road (Charing Cross).

Congestion is all the way back to junction 25 (Cardonald / Clyde Tunnel).

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Traffic Scotland first raised the alarm at 3pm on its Twitter page.

The team wrote: “#M8 E/B J22 Plantation - J18 Charing Cross is CLOSED due to a police incident  Traffic starting to queue.”

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The Evening Times has contacted Police Scotland for more details.