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

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
Police have arrested three men in connection with firearms offences in Portsmouth.

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.’