Armed police stopped a car after reports of a man allegedly in possession of a firearm in a park.
Officers received a report today at around 2.50pm that a man was allegedly in possession of a firearm in Picton Park in Wavertree. Armed officers attended and detained a man in a vehicle at the junction of Picton Road and Carno Street.
Eyewitnesses said they saw three marked and one unmarked police car in the park and a helicopter was also circling above. Flight tracking website ADS-B Exchange also showed the helicopter circling the park.
