In Carshalton, a man was arrested by armed police following an alleged assault and the presence of a firearm at a residential property. The police response, initiated around 8:45am on Thursday, became urgent after the suspect displayed what appeared to be a firearm. As the situation escalated, officers called for armed backup, leading to a lengthy negotiation process that took nearly six hours before the suspect was taken into custody around 2:50pm. An imitation firearm was later recovered on-site, and no serious injuries were reported.
A man has been arrested by armed police in Carshalton after a six-hour standoff over an alleged assault involving a suspected firearm, later found to be imitation.
Negotiations took nearly six hours before specialist armed officers arrested the suspect, highlighting the intense and dangerous nature of the situation.
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