A confused young man has had his house raided by armed police twice after becoming the victim of hoax 999 calls.

A fleet of police response units, firearms officers and sniffer dogs descended on Huddleston Crescent, Merstham, on Sunday evening and closed the road, following a report a man was armed with a gun.

But the suspect, Leslie May, 21, was in fact the victim of a malicious 999 hoax, and this is the second time three months he's been raided following the fake calls.

Mr May said: "To be honest it's starting to give me the hump now. The police are spending all this money raiding an innocent man.

"This is the second time this has happened and it's just getting ridiculous. I hope they find whoever is making these calls so I can get on with my life."

In July, the Mirror reported Mr May was "lucky not to get shot" after he opened his front door to a squad of officers with guns aimed at him.

He was raided following a 999 call claiming he was waving a sawn-off shotgun in his front garden.

But he was released by officers after the call was found to be a hoax. Now, it appears, the hoax caller has struck again.

Mr May said: "What makes it more ridiculous is that I was in Tadworth on Sunday at the time I was supposedly waving a gun out the window.

"My brother rang and told me my house was being raided, and then a copper got on the phone and asked me to come to the police station.

"During the interview they told me the sniffer dogs hadn't found any gun in my house, and I was like 'I could have told you that'."

But despite the harassment, Mr May said he doesn't blame the police.

He said: "At the end of the day if I did have a gun, then they would have done their job very well.

"It's just a shame so much money and resources were wasted. Maybe they should have looked at my address and thought to themselves 'Hmmm, this could be another hoax'."

Surrey Police confirmed it became quickly apparent the call was a hoax once they contained and searched Mr May's home.

DC Rachael Pearson said: "We treat hoax calls very seriously indeed and, if appropriate, will prosecute those making such calls to the full extent of the law.

"These callers put the lives of other people in Surrey at risk. They tie up the 999 lines and our operators and place a strain on our resources."