Armed police are at the scene in Walsworth Road. (Image: Archant)
Armed police were called to a residential area of Hitchin this afternoon to reports of a man in possession of firearms in a garden.
At approximately 1.30pm, around five police cars and an armed unit were called to Walsworth Road in the town.
A man has been arrested in connection with the incident.
Part of the road is currently closed as the emergency services respond to this incident.
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