Armed Police swarmed a house on Ferndale yesterday morning
They were responding to a gun threat
Yesterday morning saw chaos on Ferndale after a man threatened another man with a gun at a party, leading to armed police swarming the area.
Officers responded to reports that a man had been assaulted and threatened with a gun. Witnessses said police arrived in several 4×4 cars and pointed their guns at the house.
The armed response teams found a man with cuts and bruising to his face, who said he was at a party with his girlfriend when an argument began and he was threatened.
Police forcefully entered the house and arrested two men, 34 and 30 years old, seizing a decommissioned shot gun and two BB guns.
A neighbour said that a woman was also escorted out of the house by armed officers, and that the police left all of the windows and doors open before a scientific support van arrived to investigate.
They continued, “I went out for a walk this morning but when I came back the whole road was blocked off. There were armed police and a few vans and they were all pointing at one house.
“It caught me by surprise really, it’s not something you see every day. After a while they brought a woman out of the house.
“The police stayed there with scientific support for ages and they all wore face masks.
“The windows were wide open and so were the doors.”
A police spokesman stated: “The two arrested men were taken to separate police stations where they were questioned by detectives and released pending further inquiries.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives on 0151 777 4065 or the anonymous Crimestoppers hotline on 0800 555 111.