Armed officers seen outside house in Leigh Park as nearby road entrance blocked by police vehicles
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Botley Drive was blocked off by several police vehicles parked at the entrance to the road from Purbrook Way earlier today.
A spokesman for Hampshire police said: ‘We were called at 1.38pm today to an address in Botley Drive, Havant following concern for the welfare of a man.
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Hide Ad‘The road was closed by police while they conducted enquiries at the address.
‘The incident is ongoing.’
An eyewitness said: ‘We saw police cars blocking the entrance to Botley Drive from Purbrook Way, right next to the roundabout.
‘There were three or four police cars blocking the road and a police van parked nearby.
‘There were at least two armed policemen looking up towards a house on the south east side of the road, towards Waterlooville way. They were holding guns of some sort.
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Hide Ad‘A number of other policemen were keeping the public out. There was just a small crowd of people nearby, taking pictures.
‘It looked like something was still in progress.’