POLICE have confirmed activity in Coggeshall today is linked to the arrest of a man on suspicion of firearms offences on Tuesday.

Residents have reported seeing a number of police cars and a bomb disposal unit outside an address in Churchfield Road throughout the day and earlier this week.

A spokesman for Essex Police: "We executed a warrant at an address in Coggeshall on Tuesday, December 11, and arrested a man on suspicion of firearms offences.

"He has been released on bail until Tuesday, January 8."