Emergency declaration as residents are told to stay indoors while police negotiate with a man holed up inside a home in a small town
- A major operation was underway in Donnybrook, QLD
- Residents were told by police to stay indoors
- A man inside a home surrendered to officers
A man holed up inside a home has surrendered to police after an emergency declaration was declared.
Residents in the town of Donnybrook, in Queensland‘s Moreton Bay region, were told to stay indoors as the police operation took place on Sunday morning.
Officers made an emergency declaration at 6.44am and established boundaries on Ann Street, Maud Street, Fisherman Drive, Alice Street and Mary Street.
Police had been called to an address within the exclusion zone around 5:25am.
Specialist police negotiated with a man at the property before he surrendered and was taken into custody without incident.
An emergency declaration has been lifted in the town of Donnybrook in Queensland’s Moreton Bay region, after a man surrendered to police
Officers were called to an address with the exclusion zone and had negotiated with a man holed up inside the property (stock image)
Members of the public were advised to avoid the area and those within the exclusion zone were asked to remain indoors during the negotiation.
The emergency declaration was lifted later this morning.
The emergency declaration was made under the Public Safety Preservation Act.