A 27-year old man has been arrested after armed police locked down a central Dunedin street responding to a "potential firearms incident" this morning.
Officers were responding after receiving a report of a firearm being pointed at someone at an address on Heriot Row around 10.10am a spokeswoman said.
A witness earlier said there were two armed police officers in Constitution St.
However, the road was re-opened about 10.35am, the witness said.
A squad of five armed officers was seen entering a Heriot Row address at around 11.15am and a man was led away.
An air rifle had been seized and the man was charged with breaching bail. Further charges were likely, police said
The arrested man is led to a police car. Photo: Peter McIntosh
St Hilda's Collegiate School was in lockdown as a precaution as a team of officers gathered on London St at the intersections of Heriot Row and Constitution streets.
Police on London St. Photo: Craig Baxter
About 10.45am, a female officer with a gun was behind a tree outside a property, another armed officer had gone up a driveway.
The street itself was closed for about 15 minutes and police stopped every car to talk to drivers.
Armed officers and a police car on Constitution St. Photo: Peter McIntosh
