EASTERN ENGLAND — Norfolk Constabulary arrested a man on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon Wednesday evening following reports that a masked man threatened former Prince Andrew while he was walking his dogs near his home on the Sandringham Estate. The suspect is being held for questioning at a nearby police station.

Norfolk Constabulary said a man had been reported behaving in an intimidating manner near Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's home. "Officers attended, and the man was arrested on suspicion of a public order offense and possession of an offensive weapon," the force said.

Police did not specify what type of weapon was involved. The term offensive weapons covers knives, truncheons and other items used to cause injury.

A man wearing a ski mask ran toward the former royal while shouting abuse, a British newspaper reported. The incident occurred near the Sandringham Estate while the former prince was walking his dogs, and Andrew and his protection officer got into their car and sped away, the newspaper reported.

Mountbatten-Windsor moved to the Sandringham Estate, about 100 miles north of London, after he was evicted from his longtime home near Windsor Castle and stripped of his royal title. He now lives at Marsh Farm, a property on the Sandringham estate, after leaving Royal Lodge last year.

He was arrested and held for hours by British police in February on suspicion of misconduct in public office related to his links to Jeffrey Epstein. Police previously said they were assessing reports that Mountbatten-Windsor sent trade information to Epstein in 2010, when he was the United Kingdom's special envoy for international trade. The U.S. Justice Department released correspondence between Mountbatten-Windsor and Epstein along with millions of pages of documents from the American investigation into Epstein.