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Armed police deployed in Oldbury after reports of man with gun

Armed police were deployed to a street in Sandwell after reports of a man with a gun.

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Pound Lane in Oldbury. Photo: Google

A number of officers searched a property on Pound Road in Oldbury at around 2.30pm yesterday.

No firearm was found and no arrests were made.

A West Midlands Police spokesman said: "Police were called to an address on Pound Road in the Oldbury area of Sandwell just before 2.30pm yesterday afternoon to a report of a man with a suspected firearm.

"Following armed police attendance and a search of the property, no firearm was recovered.

"A 68-year-old man will be voluntarily interviewed in relation to a criminal damage incident in due course, as enquiries continue."

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