AOS swoop on Blenheim house

DEREK FLYNN/ The Marlborough Express

ARMED PROTECTION: Members of the Tasman armed offenders squad surround a house in Meehan St, Blenheim, last night after police were called to a domestic incident.

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Armed police, police dogs and about 10 police cars surrounded a house in Meehan St, Blenheim, last night after a domestic incident took a dramatic turn.

Blenheim police constable Michelle Stagg said police were called to the house after concerns were raised about the well-being of a man inside about 8.30pm.

She said the Tasman armed offenders squad (AOS), who were training at Base Woodbourne, responded after police received reports there were firearms at the house.

A 38-year-old man was detained by police for a mental health assessment.

The man was not charged, Miss Stagg said.

The Tasman armed offenders squad, which includes members from Nelson and Marlborough, is on a three-day training course at Base Woodbourne that finishes tomorrow.

Last night was the fourth time the squad was called out in a week in Nelson and Marlborough.

On Saturday, the AOS searched houses and arrested four men in Richmond after the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Troy Minto in Nelson's Maitai Valley.

Last Thursday, the squad was called to a domestic incident which involved a man allegedly snatching his children at Elaine Bay in the Marlborough Sounds.

The man was arrested and charged with breaching a protection order.

The day before, a 19-year-old man carrying a machete sparked an armed offenders squad callout in Motueka.

An unemployed Motueka man was charged with possessing an offensive weapon.

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