Skip to content

Man bailed after arrest for 'suspicious objects'

Mackenzie Whittaker/Island Echo Ventnor street at night with a police car seen from the back and a large bomb disposal van ahead to the right on the corner.Mackenzie Whittaker/Island Echo
Officers concluded the search at a High Street address in Ventnor on Thursday

The man arrested after police had discovered several suspicious items in an Isle of Wight flat has been released on bail.

Hampshire & Isle of Wight police said officers had concluded the search at a High Street address in Ventnor on Thursday, which began on Wednesday at about 05:00 GMT.

The search was carried out while police investigated reports of weapons offences and arrested a 30-year-old Ventnor man on suspicion of an offence under the explosives act.

The force said he had now been bailed with "strict conditions" until 11 February while further enquiries continue.

Related internet links