A MAN has been charged with possessing of a loaded shotgun after being arrested on an estate in Walthamstow.

Tyrone Tassell, 23, was stopped by officers near homes in Marlow Road, Walthamstow, at 9.45pm on Friday (October 28).

Mr Tassell, of Church End, Harlow, is due to appear at Waltham Forest Magistrates Court today (Monday October 31).

A 21-year-old man alleged to have been at the scene has also been arrested and bailed until December.

A police spokesman said no shots were fired.

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