Armed police were called out last night after someone reported seeing a man with a gun in a street in Brighton.
The sighting was in Queen’s Park Road, near the top of Southover Street, Brighton.
It later turned out that the sighting was a false alarm.
Sussex Police said: “Police received a report of a man in possession of a firearm in Queen’s Park Road, Brighton, at about 7.40pm on Thursday 28 July.
“The report stated that the man then got into a vehicle.
“Armed units were sent to the scene where the vehicle was stopped and searched.
“No firearm was found.
“The original informant then confirmed that they had never seen a gun and the units were stood down.”
