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23
Dec 2021
Police respond to gun reports near Dishforth to find long-lens camera
North Yorkshire Police sent armed police to a motorway bridge near Dishforth to discover that men reportedly carrying a gun were just taking pictures with a long-lens camera.
A driver called the police to tell them they had spotted one of three men on the A1(M) flyover take out what they described as a "long-barrelled gun" on Tuesday.
An operational support unit and firearns officers attended and sent up a drone, which took the above picture.
Officers soon discovered that the men were there with a camera to take picture of trucks and then left the men to their hobby.
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A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Police said:
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