UPDATED: Sussex Police detain man armed with gun after shutting busy Brighton junction (From The Argus)
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UPDATED: Sussex Police detain man armed with gun after shutting busy Brighton junction
10:08pm Monday 4th February 2013 in News By Tim Ridgway, Local government reporter
SIEGE: Argus business editor John Keenan tweeted this picture at about 10pm
Police closed a busy Brighton junction after reports of a man armed with a gun in a flat.
Officers shut Preston Circus in Brighton to traffic at about 9pm this evening before an apparent armed siege.
Sussex Police said it was called at about 7.30pm and officers closed the roads in the London Road area while a 30-year-old man was detained.
A police spokesman confirmed the man has been arrested for firearms offences and remains in custody this evening.
He added: "No one was injured in the incident and Sussex Police would like to thank people for their patience while the roads were closed."
Earlier, witnesses said there was an armed siege ongoing, apparently focused on the property above a Caribbean takeaway.
A spokesman for Sussex Police told The Argus just before 10pm there was an incident ongoing.
However he refused to confirm any details adding it would only release information through a media officer.
A passer-by said officers were seen leaving a property at about 10.20pm and by 10.30pm all police vehicles had left the scene.
Brighton and Hove Bus Company confirmed London Road had been shut in both directions between Baker Street and Preston Circus at about 9pm.
Are you at the scene? Do you live in the area? Leave you comments below or send pictures to news@theargus.co.uk.
Comments(10)
Vigilia
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12:25am Tue 5 Feb 13
lilshorty
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12:30am Tue 5 Feb 13
lilshorty
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12:32am Tue 5 Feb 13
rrrr
The Wolfie
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8:28am Tue 5 Feb 13
GIVE UP
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9:06am Tue 5 Feb 13
lilshorty wrote:I hope they paid you for the picture
it was NOTTT above the carribean shop , it was 2 doors down thank you very much ... please gets facts right and we took that picture
Tel Scoomer
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9:13am Tue 5 Feb 13
itsnotme
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9:27am Tue 5 Feb 13
Tel Scoomer wrote:Unless that officer being spoken to doesnt know the whole picture and cant give out all the information. Thats what media departments are for.
It seems strange that the police need a media officer just to explain what's going on to a journalist. Conveying basic information factually is a core skill and, given the requirement of compiling evidence, it's a skill police officers ought to have by the time they complete their probation. The public has the right to know why public roads are closed and it is the job of papers like the Argus and its journalists to ask those straightforward questions.
Premature release of information was a part cause of the London riots. And the police get slated if they get even the smallest most insignificant fact wrong.
Crystal Ball
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10:18am Tue 5 Feb 13
imnotpc
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6:32pm Tue 5 Feb 13
Vigilia wrote:hahahaha
Him as every right to get angry, the jerk chicken just aint hot enough. Whatcha expect?
rosiedoes says...
10:16pm Mon 4 Feb 13