Man turns himself in after raid carried out

A man from Peterborough handed himself into police after an armed raid in the city on Tuesday morning.

Police carried out an armed raid in Gladstone Street at around 9am on Tuesday, sealing off the street.

Officers were acting on a warrant but found nobody at the address in Millfield.

Following the warrant attempt a 23-year-old man from Peterborough handed himself into Thorpe Wood Police Station.

He was arrested on suspicion of assault GBH (section 18) and possession of a firearm.

The type of the alleged firearm was not disclosed.

A spokesman for Cambridgeshire police said yesterday that the man had been bailed to return to the police station on August 6.