Incident of violent disorder in Braunstone Town - Updated

Police are investigating an incident of violent disorder which happened in Braunstone Town.

It happened at around 11.55pm on Friday (23 October) following a report that a number of people were in possession of weapons in the street in Radford Drive.

Officers attended the location and enquiries carried out at the scene found a property has had its windows smashed and three cars have sustained damage during the incident.

Three people, a man aged 19 and two women aged 21 and 44, were arrested on suspicion of violent disorder and have since been released on police bail pending further enquiries.

No reports have been received of anyone injured.

A number of roads in the immediate vicinity were closed off while enquiries were carried out t the scene. They have since been lifted.

Detective Sergeant Fraser Macintosh from Hinckley and Blaby CID said: “We are treated this as an isolated incident and enquiries are continuing today into the circumstances around it and the people involved.

“While officers have been carrying out house to house enquiries speaking to local residents, we would still be keen to speak to anyone who hasn’t as yet spoken to us who may have information around what happened and what they saw or heard.

“I’d also like to ask residents who have CCTV or doorbell recording devices to check them to see if they have captured any activity linked to this incident.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101 quoting 20*560883.