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Armed police have been called to Newington this evening (May 23) to a report of a man with a firearm.
Officers are in the Kimberley Road/St John’s Avenue area. A man has been arrested on suspicion of a firearm offence and a property is being searched.
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Witnesses report five men being escorted by officers out of a flat, with one arrest, and a number of police vehicles parked in Kimberley Road.
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The incident comes just two weeks after armed officers were called to Auckland Avenue, later extended to Pegwell, following reports of an armed man.
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A Kent Police spokesman said: “Kent Police was called at 4.12pm to a report that a person had been seen possibly carrying a weapon in St John’s Avenue, Ramsgate.
“Armed officers attended and arrested a man on suspicion of a firearms offence. No weapon has been recovered at this stage and a search of a property is ongoing.”