..just ban guns
Armed Offenders Squad cordon off Timaru street
An armed officer searches a property on Evans St in Timaru.
An armed officer searches a property on Evans St in Timaru.
Gunshots were reported by neighbours as five police cars and an Armed Offenders Squad carried out an arrest warrant in Timaru.
Evans St in Timaru was cordoned off between Newman St and Luxmoor Rd.
Resident Dylan Bennet said he heard what sounded like two shots being fired.
He lives next door to the house on 114 Evans St.
Bennet, who has lived at the property since March, said the Armed Offenders Squad "camped out" the back of his house this morning before going on to the property.
He said the police have been at the scene for two hours and have mostly been talking to the people inside the property.
A neighbour believed one or more residents of the house were gang affiliates.
An unmarked police car took one person away from the house.
Nine armed offenders squad police officers have left the Evans St house. The cordons are no longer in place.
Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Warner said they were looking for someone specific.
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"It is in relation to a specific address and public are not in any danger. It involves one house."
- Stuff
