Three people have been arrested by Sussex Police after directing lasers at two aircraft this weekend.

The first aircraft to be attacked by the lasers was a Flybe plane as it came into land at 9.30pm on Saturday evening. The second was the Police helicopter that was called in to assist after the original attack.

The helicopter used its thermal imaging cameras to assist ground police in citing the location of the laser attacks.

Police were lead to Gerard Crescent in Bitterne, where two youths, aged 17, were arrested for the Flybe incident.

On the same evening a further man, aged 20, was arrested in Old Farm Drive, also in Bitterne, for shinning a laser gun at the police helicopter.

All three were arrested with recklessly endangering aircraft contrary to the Aviation Act 2005 – the two 17 year olds were referred to the Youth Offending Team and the 20 year old received a caution.