Armed police descended on a Wirral street this evening as multiple roads were closed.
A section of Woodchurch Road was closed by officers, with cordons were also in place in the nearby Bennetts Hill and Heathfield Road as a huge number of police vehicles arrived in the area, close to the Royal Hotel pub.
Police at the scene confirmed they were responding to “an incident in a house”. Multiple police cars and vans attended the scene, with one local shopkeeper reporting serious activity in the area from 1pm.
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One woman, who lives on Woodchurch Street, said residents had been evacuated from their homes after it was suspected a man had armed himself with a knife. Armed police were seen leading a cuffed man away from a house and into a waiting ambulance. He was then taken into a police van.
Police began to remove the road closures at around 5.45pm, with the scene completely cleared by 6pm.
Merseyside police said officers had been called to a concern for safety in the area, but further details have not yet been announced.
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