LOCAL emergency services have been inundated with a barrage of hoax phone calls.

Police this week revealed that the bomb hoaxes at two local schools was the handiwork of a teen.

Cops have arrested a 16 year old male in connection with the hoaxes at Cumnock and Auchinleck Academies.

Police Scotland have confirmed that the youth has been arrested and is presently detained in police custody in connection with the two alleged hoax bomb call incidents.

Emergency services were dispatched and Auchinleck Academy was evacuated on Tuesday May 31 after a phone call was received. The alarm was raised shortly before pupils were set to head home for the day. Police and Scottish Fire and Rescue Service cleared the school but found no explosives.

The following day, on Wednesday June 1 Cumnock Academy received a phone call just as pupils were getting set to sit their German exams. Worried pupils were then forced to make the trip to Greenmill Primary to set the exam. The bomb threat was again deemed not credible and the school re-opened as normal the following day.

The youth has been reported to the Procurator Fiscal.

Meanwhile, local emergency services had yet more hoax calls in Cumnock this week.

Firefighters from Cumnock attended two hoax calls to a property in Barshare Road, Cumnock on Wednesday June 8 and Friday June 10.

A 16-year old teen has also been reported to the Procurator Fiscal in relation to the Cumnock hoaxes.

Scottish Fire and Rescue Station Manager from Cumnock, Alan Coughtrie said: "Hoax calls take up valuable resources which may be needed to save lives at a real emergency. People who dial 999 thinking it’s a bit of fun need to realise they just can’t know what is happening elsewhere and that their reckless, criminal actions could cause a tragedy. When someone is trapped in a house fire or after a collision on the road firefighters need to get to them as quickly as possible. Every second is crucial in a real emergency and if one happens while our crews are sent to something that turns out to be a hoax then it could delay firefighters reaching people who desperately need our help.

"Anyone who makes hoax calls should ask themselves how they would feel if someone was injured or killed, potentially their own family or friend, because firefighters were sent to a fake incident and couldn’t get to an emergency in time to save them."