Chester man freed without charge after firearm alert
Published Date:
24 July 2008
By Hayley Maguire
A MAN arrested in relation to an armed police siege on a Chester estate has been released without charge.
Officers were called out to Lincoln Road, Blacon, shortly after 9am yesterday following reports of a man brandishing a firearm.
Armed officers surrounded the address and the area was cordoned off. The siege was brought to a peaceful end at 10.30am and an investigation is now under way.
Cheshire Constabulary spokeswoman Rachel Hayes said: "At 9.05am officers attended an address on Lincoln Road, Chester, as a result of information that a man had been seen with a firearm.
"Several officers attended the address including firearms officers and several people have been detained. No officers or members of the public were injured."
Several people were detained after the siege and a man was arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm. A woman was arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis. Both were from the Blacon area.
The man was released without charge and the woman was given an adult caution.
It is still unclear if a firearm was involved or how the incident started.
The full article contains 191 words and appears in Evening Leader Chester newspaper.
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Last Updated:
24 July 2008 1:58 PM
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Source:
Evening Leader Chester
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Location:
Mold
