Armed police stopped vehicles in Kumeu this afternoon looking for a motorist reportedly carrying a firearm.
Police were called to a house on Coatesville-Riverhead Highway, Kumeu, around 4.30pm to reports of a person acting suspiciously and being armed.
The person then fled the scene by car before police arrived, and failed to stop for officers when it was located, a police spokeswoman said.
![Police arrested the person without incident, a spokeswoman said. Photo / Dean Purcell.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/VGX3DHIFVNS5Q3XKO2FTUMNXAA.jpg?auth=e0fb915b3931678a0329a8f00527078999b981f7e6960e313d156edeb62dde1a&width=16&height=10&quality=70&smart=true)
But the person was found after armed police carried out a vehicle stop near the intersection of Fred Taylor Drive and Don Buck Rd.