ARMED police, negotiators and other emergency services swooped on a Blackwood street in response to "concerns for the safety" of a man in a house.
It happened today (September 4) on Bridge Street.
Police have confirme a 29-year-old was arrested on suspicion of affray.
A Gwent Police’s statement, issued while the incident was ongoing, said: “At around 11.35am we were called to reports regarding concern for the safety of a man at a property in the Bridge Street area of Blackwood."
"Emergency services continue to remain at the scene including Gwent Police specialist officers, including negotiators and armed officers.
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"No other people are in the property and a cordon has been put in place as a precaution.”
Eventually, a man was taken from the house on a stretcher and loaded into the back of a waiting ambulance.
A spokesperson for South Wales Ambulance Service said they responded with an ambulance and Hazardous Area Response Team to reports of a person needing "medical assistance".
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