THERE is reportedly a large police presence in Frome at a property near St John's C of E First School.

Eyewitnesses say they have seen a police helicopter circling overhead and ‘armed police pull up in three unmarked cars’. The road is also reportedly closed, with the AA reporting slow traffic on the A362.

In a statement, Avon and Somerset Police said: “At 3.06pm we received a report that a man had been seen in possession of a suspected firearm in Christchurch Street East, Frome a short while earlier.

“Armed officers were deployed, supported by a National Police Air Service helicopter, and arrested four men nearby.

“No weapon was located in a subsequent search of a property.

“The police investigation is continuing and officers remain in the area.”

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