A man is currently in custody following an incident in Pinehurst, Swindon, yesterday afternoon.
At approximately 12.15pm Wiltshire Police received a report that a man had been seen to point a weapon out of a window of an address in Beech Avenue.
Officers, including armed response, attended the scene and seized an air rifle and a knife from the address matching the description given by a member of the public.
Enquiries continued throughout the day and this morning they arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
He is currently in custody in Gablecross.
Insp Steve Love said: “Although nobody was injured during this incident, the actions of this individual caused an understandable amount of concern and distress to those living in the local area.
“Residents may have seen a heightened police presence in the Beech Avenue area yesterday afternoon as we responded to this initial report. Please be reassured that we take reports of this nature extremely seriously and will always deal as robustly and efficiently as we can.”
