BBC NEWS | England | Northamptonshire | Gunfire over 'stolen Potter book'

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BBC NEWS | England | Northamptonshire | Gunfire over 'stolen Potter book': "
The Sun newspaper said it was intending to obtain the book and inform police.

A Northamptonshire police spokesman said a person "in possession of firearms" had attempted to sell a copy of the new Potter novel.

Police said a firearm was allegedly later discharged at a property in Kettering.

Two men aged 37 and 19 from Kettering were held, and two books were recovered.

The police spokesman said: "A firearms operation was launched at a residential address in Kettering town centre which resulted in two men being arrested on suspicion of theft and firearms offences."

A spokesman for The Sun said the paper had been approached by someone claiming to have a copy of JK Rowling's latest novel.

He said: 'A reporter and photographer met with two men with the intention of obtaining the book so it could be returned to the publisher and the police could be informed.'

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Rowling's sixth book, is published on 16 July.

It has sparked huge interest because of Rowling's revelation that a major character would be killed off.

Bookmakers were forced to suspend betting on the victim's identity late last month amid fears that the manuscript had been leaked.

Suspicions were aroused because of a string of bets on the death of [potential spoiler if allegations are true--character name removed by Adri--it is in the BBC article. Do NOT link over to the BBC article if you don't want to know].

The flurry of bets came from the town of Bungay in Suffolk, where it is thought the book is being printed"