An armed siege in a Cheshire town on New Year's Eve ended peacefully - despite the stand-off lasting "several hours".
Police rushed to a property in Ellesmere Port on the morning of New Year's Eve (December 31) to arrest a suspect in relation to a robbery. However, the man refused to open the door and according to police "made a number of threats".
He eventually came out of the address on Sutton Way after officers engaged with him. The 33-year-old was subsequently arrested on suspicion of robbery and affray, Cheshire Live reports
