Overview
- Northumbria Police attended an address on Grange Crescent to arrest a man suspected of possessing a weapon, deploying armed officers and cordoning the street shortly before 7.45am on Sunday.
- Videos shared on social media and live local reporting showed a heavy armed presence and lines of police vehicles while officers asked the public to avoid the area.
- Officers arrested an 18-year-old who is now in custody and the heavy police presence has been withdrawn with only a single police car remaining at the scene.
- Police have not released further details about the alleged weapon or any charges and said follow-up procedures are under way.
- Armed deployments like this are standard when a suspect is believed to be armed, and residents experienced disruption while emergency services worked to bring the incident to a safe conclusion.