A PERSON wanted for “threats to kill” has been taken into police custody having been “located with an offensive weapon in Malvern”.

West Mercia Police’s Local Policing Priority Team (LPPT) said the person had been wanted by Essex Police and was one of two key arrests made across the region today.

The other was described as a “high-risk domestic abuse offender tracked from Redditch and located in Birmingham”.

Both have been described as “in custody”.

More to follow.