Police have shut down some streets in Otangarei after reports of a man seen with a firearm in Jack St.
The Armed Offenders Squad have also been alerted following the call to Whangarei police at 10.40am today.
Miro St and William Jones Drive have police cordons as does Jack St.
Update 11.55am
Police have arrested a man as he tried to leave a Jack St house. Two females in the house are now being spoken to by officers.