Man arrested after armed police descend on central Dunedin property

Police on London St. Photo / ODT

A man has been arrested after armed police locked down a central Dunedin street responding to a “potential firearms incident” this morning.

Armed police descended on a property in a central Dunedin street in what one witness compared to the popular action film franchise John Wick.

A squad of five armed officers was seen entering a Heriot Row address at around 11.15am. Police have now left the scene.

Police were responding after receiving a report of a potential firearms incident at an address on Heriot Row around 10.10am a spokeswoman said.

“As a precaution, armed police are responding and the area has been cordoned off. There are no reports of injuries.”

It is understood St Hilda’s Collegiate School was in lockdown. The school referred all comment to police.

A team of officers was on London St at the intersections of Heriot Row and Constitution streets.

A witness earlier said there were two armed police officers in Constitution St.

The arrested man is led to a police car. Photo / ODT

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.

One resident, Sam, was headed to a local gym at around 10am when he ran into a traffic stop on Constitution St.

Sam was approached by an armed officer and asked to turn around, in doing so he was met by another two armed police who were checking driver licences.

“It’s like something out of John Wick,” he told the Herald.

The suburb in question is known to be home to a number of student flats and houses, Sam believes the area not to be a rougher part of town.

The road has since been re-opened.

Armed officers and a police car on Constitution St. Photo / ODT