12:32 Ben Turner-LE

Armed police at the scene

Armed police are involved in the police operation

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Armed police are at a property in Birkenhead.

Officers from Merseyside Police’s gun and gang crime Matrix unit have surrounded a home on Raffles Road as part of a “containment” plan.

The incident, which could be behind reports of a large convoy of police cars spotted by readers travelling through the Birkenhead Tunnel, started at around 8.10am.



Raffles Road lies just off Borough Road and runs behind Birkenhead Library.