"Not what you expect to see" - Armed police arrested a suspected gunman in Norfolk Street, Wisbech (Image: Submitted)
Armed police arrested a suspected gunman in Wisbech this afternoon.
Officers were deployed in Norfolk Street just before 1.30pm today (April 14).
A short video clip shared on social media shows several police officers pointing guns up into a property on the road in Wisbech.
A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Police said: “We received a report at just before 1.30pm of a man who was believed to have a firearm in a property in Norfolk Street, Wisbech.
“Armed police were deployed and a man was arrested at about 2.45pm.
“No one has been injured.”
Residents initially reported seeing the armed officers setting up and loading into a vehicle at the BP fuel garage on Lynn Road.
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