Three men arrested over firearms in Portsmouth after armed police raid on Southsea address

Police have arrested three men in connection with firearms offences in Portsmouth.
Undated file photo of police tape. Picture: Peter Byrne/PA WireUndated file photo of police tape. Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire
Undated file photo of police tape. Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit – Sercou – raided a property in Elm Grove, Southsea, yesterday.

A Serocu spokesman said detectives ‘ undertook a search warrant in the city, supported by firearms officers’.

He added: ‘The men, aged 38, 44 and 46 years old were arrested on suspicion of firearm offences in Elm Grove, Southsea and remain in police custody.’