A 31-year-old was arrested on Wednesday for illegally carrying a hunting rifle and possessing drugs.

Police officers signalled to the suspect to stop his car for inspection along Larnaca avenue in Aglantzia, Nicosia, at around 2.20am on Wednesday.

In an effort to stop the car, a police officer fired his gun, which burst one of the back tyres.

Police found a disassembled hunting rifle with a cut barrel and a number of shotgun cartridges in the vehicle, as well as a quantity of crystalline substance, weighing half a gram.

The man was arrested and will be taken before the Nicosia district court on Wednesday for a remand order.

Police investigations are ongoing.