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A MAN has been arrested after allegedly being spotted with a BB gun yesterday afternoon (Sunday, April 29).
Officers were called to an address in Hatfield Way, Witham, at around 5.45pm and arrested a 45-year-old man from Witham.
Residents reported seeing a number of police cars in the area.
A spokesman for Essex Police said: "We were called around 5.45pm on Sunday, April 29, with reports that a man was seen acting suspiciously with what was believed to be a gun at an address off of Hatfield Way in Witham.
"Officers arrived and established the firearm was a BB gun.
"A 45-year-old man from Witham was arrested on suspicion of possession of an imitation firearm and affray.
"He remains in police custody."
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