A woman has been taken to hospital following an incident which saw armed police close off part of a Wigan housing estate.
Officers were called to an address off Poplar Avenue, between Ashton-in-Makerfield and Garswood, at around 11.30am today (Wednesday).
Witnesses spotted armed police officers at a cordon close to a junction with Cedar Grove and a spokesperson for Merseyside Police explained that they were called after reports that a member of the emergency services had been threatened with a knife.
The road remained closed for several hours until around 1.30pm.
A 45-year-old woman was arrested at the scene and then taken to hospital.
In a statement, a Merseyside Police spokesperson said: "Officers have arrested a woman after an incident in Ashton in Makerfield near Wigan today, Wednesday, April 28.
"At around 11.30am, police were called to an address on Poplar Avenue to reports that emergency services staff had been threatened with a knife.
"A 45-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of affray and taken to hospital as a precaution.
"No-one was hurt in the incident."
A spokesperson for the ambulance service confirmed that paramedics had been called to the scene after reports of an incident at a private address.
