一名男子因在英国住宅附近持有武器而被捕安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎警方周四表示。
诺福克警方在给ABC新闻的一份声明中说，这名没有透露姓名的嫌疑人于周三晚上被捕，“涉嫌公共秩序罪和持有攻击性武器”。
据警方称，他仍被拘留。
白金汉宫尚未对此次逮捕发表评论。
蒙巴顿-温莎，原名安德鲁·阿尔伯特·克里斯琴，生活在他哥哥查尔斯三世位于英国诺福克郡的私人桑德灵厄姆庄园的家中。
蒙巴顿-温莎于今年2月搬进了位于伦敦100多英里外的庄园进行的余波从他和已被定罪的性犯罪者的关系中杰弗里·爱泼斯坦.
蒙巴顿-温莎是逮捕2月19日，在搬到诺福克后不久，他因涉嫌担任英国贸易特使期间的公职不当行为而被逮捕，在担任贸易特使期间，他负责促进英国在海外的商业利益。
他在被捕当晚接受调查后被释放，没有受到指控。
对蒙巴顿-温莎的指控是以他的名字命名的出现在与爱泼斯坦有关的300万页文件中放一月份被美国司法部逮捕。
这位前王子一再否认与爱泼斯坦有关的不当行为。
爱泼斯坦于2019年因被指控性贩运未成年女孩而等待审判时自杀身亡。
Man arrested near former Prince Andrew's home
A man has been arrested for possession of a weapon near the U.K. home ofAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor, police said Thursday.
The suspect, who was not named, was arrested Wednesday night "on suspicion of a public order offence and possession of an offensive weapon," Norfolk Police said in a statement to ABC News.
He remains in custody, according to police.
Buckingham Palace has not commented on the arrest.
Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew,livesin a home on his brother King Charles III's privately owned Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England.
Mountbatten-Windsor moved to the estate, over 100 miles outside of London, in February amid theongoingfalloutfrom his relationship with the late convicted sex offenderJeffrey Epstein.
Mountbatten-Windsor wasarrestedon Feb. 19, shortly after moving to Norfolk, on suspicion of misconduct in public office stemming from his time as a U.K. trade envoy, a role in which he was responsible for promoting British business interests abroad.
He was released under investigation on the evening of his arrest and was not charged.
The allegations against Mountbatten-Windsor come after his nameappearedin the 3 million pages of documents related to Epsteinreleasedby the U.S. Department of Justice in January.
The former prince has repeatedly denied wrongdoing with respect to Epstein.
Epstein died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking minor girls.
