A six-hour police siege has ended without injuries after heavily armed police descended on a property in a small country town.
Emergency services were called to a private property on the Bruxner Highway at Wollongbar, near Lismore in northern NSW, about 8am on Thursday over concerns for a man's welfare.
Roadblocks were put in place and a local lockdown ordered as police negotiators went in to talk to the 45-year-old man.
He was taken into custody about 2pm before being transferred to Lismore Base Hospital for examination.
No one was injured in the incident and the man is yet to be charged.
NSW Police assistant commissioner Peter McKenna said the operation ended with no major issues.
"We had really experienced police in the area," he said.
"We had our tactical police, highly-trained police negotiators.
"They are specialists in talking to people and trying to resolve incidents safely and that's what happened on this occasion."
The Bruxner Highway was closed during the stand-off, while an exclusion zone was set up in the area and people were asked to stay indoors.
"We take precautions in jobs like this and one of the precautions was to evacuate local areas," Mr McKenna said.
"I'd like to say that the public were instrumental in assisting us with that operation, in listening to police and being guided by the police in the area."
