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Police armed offenders squad (AOS) members took a man into custody near the Roaring Meg power station in the Kawerau Gorge, Central Otago, this morning.
The Dunedin AOS was called to a Cromwell property about 10am after the man, who had a gun, was reported to have threatened to harm himself.
While the squad was being deployed, the man's friends alerted police that he had gone to Roaring Meg, 15km northwest of Cromwell on State Highway 6.
Sergeant Steve Ereckson, of Cromwell police, said the man was taken into custody without incident just after midday. Police recovered a firearm.
He said the 27-year-old was being assessed by the Dunstan Hospital health team.
- NZPA
