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Armed police storm house to bring 24-hour siege to an end

Armed police have brought a 24-hour siege in Wolverhampton to an end.

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Firearms officers outside the property on Saturday morning.

The siege in Wednesfield where a man had barricaded himself in a property on Moathouse Lane West was concluded when specialist firearms officers entered the property on Saturday afternoon.

They moved in just after 12.35pm amid loud bangs and flashes and detained the 38-year-old man.

He has now been taken into custody and has been arrested on suspicion of threats to kill.

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