A couple have branded a police raid on their motorhome “absolutely ridiculous”.

Dozens of officers searched a motorhome and shed belonging to Jean Gossage and her partner Neville Saveall on Tuesday afternoon.

A police helicopter was also seen over the Blackwater Estuary Estate in Bradwell, where they own a plot of land.

Lorry driver Mrs Gossage said: “I’m extremely angry. 

“We will be pressing charges.

“I’m at a loss why they should do this.

“Who are we? The blinking mafia?”

An Essex Police spokesman said: “Police executed a warrant at premises in Bradwell Road, St Lawrence, on Tuesday, April 21.

“It followed reports of gunshots being regularly fired in the area.

“No weapons were recovered.”