10 Sep 2023

Imitation firearm may have been cause of armed call-out - police

4:48 pm on 10 September 2023

A police car

(File photo) Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi

Armed police have responded to a person sighted with a possible firearm in the Auckland suburb of Grafton.

Police were called to a residential address in Burton Street just after 1.30pm on Sunday.

A spokesperson said an imitation firearm was discovered and a person was being spoken to by officers.

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