A pair of 'cowboys with guns' from Chandler's Ford and West End were arrested by armed police.

The incident saw officers with guns descend on Winchester city centre after a report from a concerned member of the public.

According to police, at 12.35pm on Wednesday a man driving a grey BMW on the M3 northbound near junction 9 pulled up alongside another driver and pointed a firearm at them before driving away.

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Officers then tracked down the car in Stockbridge Road near Winchester railway station, and four imitation firearms were seized by police.

The pair claimed to be filming a music video and said on Facebook: "We got guns put to our faces carted off in a police car and taken to Basingstoke police station. They soon realised the guns are props.

"On a plus side music video coming out February 1.”

Eyewitness Jenny Penfold was in Cafe Røst when armed police swarmed the area.

She said: “We did see them being put in a police car, yes it was mental. 

“I was in Røst, about to leave. Got yelled at by armed police to go back inside.

"Whole load of them swarmed the two cowboys and they put their hands on their heads and had to get out from where they were (I think in their car).

"Police had their guns aimed at them. Then they got put in the police vehicle and I went back to work."

We received a report at 12.35pm on Wednesday 24 January that a man driving a grey BMW on the M3 northbound near junction 9 pulled up alongside another driver and pointed a firearm at them before driving away.

Police confirmed that a 28-year-old man from Chandler's Ford was arrested on suspicion of possession of an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.

He has been released with no further action to be taken.

A 29-year-old man from West End was arrested on suspicion of possession of an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.

He has been released under investigation while enquiries continue.