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Police armed with riot shields swoop on flat in centre of Highbridge

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These were the scenes in the centre of Highbridge on Saturday afternoon (January 19th) when police officers armed with riot shields dealt with a serious incident in a flat.

Six teams of officers rushed to Market Street at 3.05pm amid reports that a white male armed with a crow bar had entered a flat near to Smarts Newsagents.

Officers from an armed response unit were seen entering the building equipped with riot shields – as pictured here.

An eyewitness at the scene told Burnham-On-Sea.com: “Some time later, another police officer came out of the property with an object – possibly a crow bar – in an evidence bag.”

“Eventually a man was removed from the property in handcuffs at 4.15pm and he was taken away by police.”

Teams of police from Burnham-On-Sea rushed to Market Street on Saturday afternoon

Police spent over an hour at the scene in the centre of Highbridge dealing with the incident – and left with a man in handcuffs.

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