Armed police in stand-off at canal
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Armed police have been deployed to a suspected armed siege near Long Eaton, Derbyshire
15 March 2012
Armed officers have been deployed to a canalside as part of an ongoing police incident involving a man on a boat.
Derbyshire Police said negotiations were now taking place at the scene of the stand-off in Sandiacre, near Long Eaton.
No shots have been fired during the incident off Town Street and no-one has been injured, a police spokesman said.