POLICE are searching for two youths who were seen being threatened with a pistol in Warminster on Saturday.

A concerned member of the public contacted police after a man threatened two teenagers, thought to be about 13-years-old, on Fairfield Road at about 8pm.

The two boys were seen to step backwards after the gun was brandished.

Armed officers arrested a 29-year-old man, who lives nearby, at about 10pm.

Officers have also recovered what police have described as a pistol.

The man has been released on police bail pending further inquiries.