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Man arrested after Armed Offenders Squad called to incident at Bay of Plenty property

March 14, 2019
A police Armed Offenders Squad officer.

A police Armed Offenders Squad officer. (Source: 1 NEWS)

A man has been arrested after the Armed Offenders Squad was called to an incident in Thornton, Bay of Plenty this afternoon.

Police say around 2:30pm they were called to a property on East Bank Road in Thornton, near Whakatane to reports of a male possibly with a firearm.

No one was injured in the incident.

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