A 44-year-old man has been arrested after Sussex Police found scores of weapons when they raided a flat in Brighton this morning (Tuesday 16 September).
Officers catalogued more than 160 weapons including crossbows, swords and axes after entering the one-bedroom flat in Viaduct Road, Brighton, today.
The stash also included an imitation firearm, a mask and plastic weapons which would not be identified by metal detectors.
Officers were executing a warrant to search for drugs and found a quantity of cannabis during the raid.
Sergeant Ned Edwards, a police search adviser, tweeted a series of pictures after the raid.
He said: “Team have just conducted a drugs warrant. Male arrested and drugs seized but was not expecting what else we found.”
Here are pictures from today’s warrants. Over 160 weapons seized from a one bed flat including crossbows and axes. pic.twitter.com/WqdLe6gB2C
— Sergeant Ned Edwards (@SgtNedEdwards) September 16, 2014
Team have just conducted a drugs warrant. Male arrested and drugs seized but was not expecting what else we found… — Sergeant Ned Edwards (@SgtNedEdwards) September 16, 2014
Showed our seizures to the boss @ChSuptNevKemp. He seemed happy they were now in out possession! pic.twitter.com/XMomDzy8dI
— Sergeant Ned Edwards (@SgtNedEdwards) September 16, 2014
PC Cobb displays a sword from today’s warrant. Unlike many of the items seized this one was not sharp! pic.twitter.com/Idv3XxUqhS
— Sergeant Ned Edwards (@SgtNedEdwards) September 16, 2014
Some frightening weapons taken today, handled with much care. pic.twitter.com/mvdz9ZbCTN
— Sergeant Ned Edwards (@SgtNedEdwards) September 16, 2014
Some further pictures from today. Haul including knives and concealed plastic blades. pic.twitter.com/OS4Ix28WIn
— Sergeant Ned Edwards (@SgtNedEdwards) September 16, 2014
This is so Incredible, why would someone need all those type of weapons?? Its very worrying and quite disturbing, that someone like that has been walking around our city