Armed police scoured Sheerness High Street in a search for a man reportedly brandishing a handgun.

Shortly before officers arrested a man in nearby Maple Street, he had been seen brandishing what looked like a firearm.

One pub owner said they had seen a man outside looking suspicious and later on Saturday evening a customer told them that a man had pointed a gun at him and pulled the trigger.

He said customers had reported the man “showing off” a weapon in the street and waving it around.

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