Police have recovered a chainsaw from a barn near the scene of the Sycamore Gap felling as the investigation into the shock incident continues.
Officers recovered the tool from an outhouse on Plankey Mill farm, in Northumberland, just eight miles away from the site of the toppled sycamore.
They were seen wrapping the blade in protective paper emblazoned with “police evidence” before they took the item from the scene.
The development came after police released a second person, a man in his 60s, who was arrested following last week’s felling.
A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: “A male in his 60s was arrested in connection with the incident. He has since been released on police bail, pending further enquiries.”
