Firearms arrest after man seen with air gun at shop
The force said it received calls of a male acting suspiciously in a shop on King Street on Tuesday
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A man has been arrested after allegedly threatening people with an air gun in a shop in St Helier.
The States of Jersey Police said officers received calls at 16:00 BST of a male acting suspiciously in a shop on King Street on Tuesday.
Firearms officers were deployed and found the man outside the shop in possession of a BB gun - an air gun which shoots plastic pellets, it added.
The force said it had arrested the 43-year-old man and had taken him into custody.
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