A SUSPECTED gunman was arrested on the streets of Cinderford yesterday as police sent armed officers to deal with reports of a man with a rifle.

Photos of the incident have been doing the rounds on social media and show armed forces with guns and tasers entering a property on Commercial Street.

However, after arresting the man, police seized what they believed to be an air rifle.

“At around 5.45pm yesterday (Tuesday) police were called with a reports of a man outside a premises on Commercial Street with a rifle,” a spokesperson for Gloucestershire Police said.

“Officers attended and a 50-year-old man from Cinderford was arrested on suspicion of firearms and public order offences. He remains in custody at this time.

A suspected air rifle was seized and no-one was injured during the incident.”