AOS call-out over alleged bullet threat

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Armed police have surrounded a Canterbury property this morning after a man threatened to shoot himself.

The armed offenders squad was called to the house in Pines Beach, near Kaiapoi, about 10am after a woman told police her partner was threatening to "put a bullet in his head", police said.

Officers were still at the scene late this morning.

- NZPA