Armed police arrest teens and seize imitation gun

College street, on the right an old factory building with boarded up windows, on the left is a block of flats with red brick and black window frames. Image source, Google
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College Street, part of the one-way system around the centre of Ipswich, was closed as police investigated

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Armed police have arrested two teenagers and seized an imitation firearm.

Police were called at about 15:30 BST to reports of a man being seen with a suspected weapon in Ipswich.

Officers closed College Street as they entered a property on the road. Two males, aged 14 and 19, were then arrested and taken into custody.

An imitation firearm was seized from the premises. The road was reopened at about 18:00.

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