Police cleared several rooms at a motel in Auckland’s Greenlane by gunpoint this morning after reports of a person with a firearm.
Armed police surrounded Abella Inn in Green Lane West shortly after 7am.
An NZME photographer opposite the accommodation said armed police cleared several rooms at the 16-room serviced motel.
![Armed police cleared several rooms at Abella Inn in Green Lane West. Photo / Hayden Woodward](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/RG4EL3F3T5AMXCY46CQ4ACT4LA.jpg?auth=ca75e316ff9248f374297a501ed0c24b532e6e389feaa3b08acc02db494e6886&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
An officer retrieved door-breaching tools from his patrol car as the police Eagle helicopter circled above the motel.