Rifle - An air rifle was seized after reports of three people shooting in the Colne Point nature reserve (Image: Essex Police)
Three suspected poachers were arrested following reports of shooting on an Essex nature reserve.
Police arrested three suspects after receiving information about people shooting at the Colne Point nature reserve south-west of St Osyth on Saturday (June 1).
Three people were detained, and an air rifle was seized, police have confirmed.
A police spokesman said: “No people or wildlife were harmed. The rifle will be destroyed.”
Most air weapons such as BB guns, pellet guns and airsoft guns do not need a firearm certificate in England and Wales, but require someone to be 18 years and older to be able to buy or hire them.
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