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A person believed to have been armed and holed up at a house in Logan in Queensland’s southeast has surrendered to police, prompting the lifting of an exclusion zone put across the property.
Shortly earlier than 12am on Thursday police arrived at a Chambers Flat Street property in Logan Reserve following a noise disturbance.
“Police approached the entrance door and had been confronted by a person in an agitated state and withdrew from the property once they sighted what they believed was a firearm,” South East Area RDO performing Inspector Jason Barrowcliffe mentioned.
The police made an emergency declaration below the Public Security Preservation Act, with an exclusion zone imposed earlier than a person surrendered to the police about 8.30am.
“The male particular person was in an agitated state, he was negotiating at some factors and at different occasions he wasn’t,” Insp Barrowcliffe mentioned.
“This morning he actively got here out of the home and began face-to-face negotiations earlier than he simply surrendered to us, and he was secured within the entrance yard.”
The person, 27, was not injured within the incident however was taken to hospital for a well being evaluation.
In the course of the operation members of the general public had been suggested to keep away from the world and people throughout the exclusion zone had been advised to stay indoors till additional discover.
– AAP
