Armed response unit called in Belfast after reports of man wielding a machete

Armed response officers arrested a man in Belfast on Friday after receiving reports of an aggressive male armed with a machete on the street.
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The PSNI said local policing teams attended the scene and identified the house the man had entered.

The man refused to leave the house when asked by armed response officers and when police stormed the house an arrest was made and a weapon secured.

Police have said no-one was harmed during the incident.

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