Armed officers arrested two men and seized weapons from a vehicle in Cheltenham yesterday.
Information had been provided to Gloucestershire Constabulary by Avon and Somerset Police which resulted in the occupants of a vehicle being detained.
This happened at around 3.45pm on College Lawn, off Sandford Road.
The vehicle was searched and a meat cleaver and conducted energy device were seized. A vehicle was also seized.
A 40-year-old man from Bristol was arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence of drugs, firearms and class B drugs possession offences.
A 34-year-old man from Bristol was arrested on suspicion of firearms offences, class B drugs possession and possession of a pointed article or blade.
They both remain in custody today, Wednesday 17 May.
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