Police raid Portsmouth flat and arrest suspected drug dealer with machete
Police raided a flat and arrested a suspected drug dealer with a machete.
Officers were alerted after a man was allegedly spotted with the large knife in Quinton Close, Somerstown, around 11.30am on Thursday.
Police stormed an address at Handsworth House and arrested a man from London and a female Southsea teenager during the incident. Officers seized items from the flat as enquiries were carried out. No one was injured.
A force spokesperson said: “We were called at 11.34am on Thursday (5 February) to a report a man had been seen carrying a machete in Quinton Close. Police attended an address in the road and arrested two people.
“A 23-year-old male from London was arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, possession of Class C drugs, and being concerned in the supply of drugs.
“A 17-year-old female from Southsea was arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of drugs.”
They were both in custody until subsequently being bailed until 5 May.
Anyone with information should call 101 quoting reference 44260061181.