A man holding a toy gun in a bakery sparked an armed police callout that shut down part of central Hamilton during peak-hour traffic today, police say.
Armed officers converged on a central city bakery and cafe shortly after 8.20am, Senior Sergeant Pete Simpson of the Waikato District Command Centre said.
"There were reports of a man sitting in the store pointing a gun at a fridge in the store."
Armed officers set up cordons around the area and worked with City Safe camera operators to see into the store as they tried to get in touch with people inside.
A short time later a man emerged from the store and approached one of the police cordons, Mr Simpson said.
