Firearms arrest as Long Eaton pupils kept in school
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Police said no shots were fired
A man has been arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm after armed police were called to a property near a school.
Officers went to a property in Briar Gate, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, at 07:45 GMT after reports of a man with a firearm.
A cordon was put in place in the area and pupils at nearby Wilsthorpe School were kept inside.
Police said a 49-year-old man was arrested and is in police custody.
"There have been rumours in the area that gunshots were fired - we can confirm that no shots were fired by officers or by the man under arrest," the police said.
Wilsthorpe School had tweeted, external students "would be kept inside the school building behind the secure line until we receive the all-clear".
It later said the school was "now operating normally".
Jonathan Crofts, head teacher of Wilsthorpe School, said lessons continued as normal while armed officers were nearby
Head teacher Jonathan Crofts said police had advised him to keep pupils inside so once everyone had arrived, the school went into "lockdown procedure".
"We can magnetically secure all the doors. We have a modern, new building and it is designed to be able to help with that kind of thing," he said.
'Looked dramatic'
Mr Crofts added students were very calm and lessons continued as normal.
"We had a few parents call but there was no suggestion of stress from students," he said.
He said by break-time at 10:55, the police had given them the all-clear and pupils were let outside as normal.
"It looked dramatic in the street because of the number of armed officers - you would not have known anything was happening inside," he added.
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