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Arrest after 'suspicious objects' found in search

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
Police said armed officers were sent after suspicious objects were found during a search early on Wednesday morning

A man has been arrested after police discovered several suspicious items in a flat on the Isle of Wight.

Hampshire & Isle of Wight police said officers carried out a search on High Street, Ventnor, on Wednesday at about 05:00 GMT while investigating reports of weapons offences.

The force said armed officers were sent and a 30-year-old man from the seaside resort town had been arrested on suspicion of an offence under the explosives act. He remains in custody.

Police said there was "no identified wider risk to the public at this time" and officers would be at the address in the High Street while further inquiries were carried out.

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