POLICE have deployed a remote controlled submarine as part of a fresh hunt for clues in an attempted murder probe.

Officers have today searched water in a lake off Stoneham Way, in Eastleigh.

Police say the hunt is part of their investigation into a serious assault in Heinz Burt Close, Eastleigh, on December 21.

As part of the search, Hampshire Police Marine Unit were deployed to search water near Stoneham Way.

The team carried out a sweep of the lake using a remote controlled submarine.

It comes after a 23-year-old from Winchester was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a serious assault in Heinz Burt Close.

He was found inside an address with a serious head injury and taken to Southampton General Hospital.

A 17-year-old man and a 17-year-old woman, both from Eastleigh, were later arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

A 48-year-old man, from Bursledon, has been arrested on suspicion of GBH.

Police also launched a hunt for a samurai sword type weapon.

They later revealed no further action would be taken against the 17-year-old girl from Eastleigh who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

She was also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and has been released under investigation for this.

 

The 48-year-old man from Bursledon, arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm, has been released with no further action.

He was also arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled drug of Class B and has been released under investigation for this.

The 17-year-old boy who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder has been bailed until Saturday, January 19.

Anyone with information that may help our investigation is asked to call us on 101, quoting 44180474032.