A man has been arrested following an incident in Devizes town centre earlier this evening

Oliver Kent

Officers were called to a restaurant in Market Place at approximately 5.30pm following a report that a male had entered the venue in possession of what was believed to be a firearm.

Nobody was injured and the male was asked to leave.

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