Armed police rush to flats
Armed police swooped on a flat in Hemel Hempstead on Thursday afternoon (December 4).
Eye-witnesses said they saw around 18 police officers descend on Belmont Road just before 2pm.
A nearby worker said: "About 18 police went into the flats and took somebody away."
A shopkeeper, who does not wish to be named, said: "I saw two cars pull up and the armed police jumped out. It was very dramatic."
Herts Police spokesman Laurel Smithson said: "A man in his 30s, of no fixed abode, was subsequently arrested on suspicion of armed robbery in Stanmore, North London.
"The investigation is ongoing."
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Weather for Hemel Hempstead
Tuesday 07 February 2012
Today
Cloudy
Temperature: -8 C to 1 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: East
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: -5 C to 1 C
Wind Speed: 13 mph
Wind direction: North east
