Three people are in custody after being arrested at a property in Smallfield on the morning of Thursday, 28 July.

30 armed response police officers attended the scene during the raid which began at 6am.

A woman in her 40s was arrested on suspicion of drugs related offences and two men, one in his 20s and another in his late teens, were arrested on suspicion of obstructing police.

A number of suspected firearms have also been recovered from the address on Careys Wood following a thorough search of the property.

During that search, no-one was located inside.

But police are looking for 57 year old Paul Hodge in connection with drugs and firearms offences.

If you do see him, do not approach him and call police immediately on 999.

Road closures were put in place for several hours while the searches took place and police remained on the scene for much of the day.

Our reporter Neil Munday popped down to see what was going on and a local Smallfield resident told him what she saw: