A quiet residential road of Helston became a scene “from Miami Vice” on Sunday evening when police with guns swooped over allegations of a man threatening a neighbour with a Samurai sword.
As residents of Kingsley Way enjoyed the early evening sunshine they were startled by the sight of at least six police cars, including armed officers and a police sniffer dog, running past their windows and descending on an upstairs flat.
It was after a 999 call was made just before 5pm, by a 50-year-old man who claimed to have been threatened by his 45-year-old neighbour brandishing a Samurai sword.
The flat is within sight of St Michael's Primary School and directly opposite Trengrouse Nursing Home.
One resident, who asked not to be named, said: “It was like Miami Vice here. Gardens were all searched.”
Another said: “We had the riot squad down - that was frightening. There were guns and a sniffer dog, with six police cars. It was like something off a movie. I looked out and could see guns and riot shields.
“I'm quite impressed with the police actually.”
A police spokesman said officers were initially called to reports of a man threatening a neighbour with a “machete.”
Firearms units were called as back up.
The spokesman said the issue was resolved by 6.30pm when a 45-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of affray.
He was taken into police custody at Camborne and interviewed over Monday.
A police spokesman said: “No one was hurt during the incident and no weapons were used.”
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