POLICE say no action will be taken against a man arrested on suspicion of a firearms offence on Tuesday night.
The 52-year-old Frinton man was questioned after being seen carrying a gun in Lawford.
Police said it later emerged he had been shooting pigeons with an air rifle.
Spokesman Helen Cook said: "We have made inquiries and found what he was doing was perfectly legitimate.
"He had an air rifle and was shooting in a field. There is no evidence he was doing anything unlawful."
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