Man arrested after 2½-hour stand-off with police in Ang Mo Kio flat - The Straits Times

The police said they received a call for assistance at Block 420 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 at about 12.20am.

SINGAPORE – A man was arrested for carrying an offensive weapon in public following a 2½-hour stand-off with the police in the wee hours of Nov 5, after he locked himself in his flat in Ang Mo Kio.

In a media reply, the police said they received a call for assistance at Block 420 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 at about 12.20am.

When the officers arrived, they found that a 64-year-old man had locked himself in his flat, and they assessed that he might have posed a danger to himself.

The police added that officers from the Crisis Negotiation Unit and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) responded to the incident.

SCDF said it received a call for assistance at about 12.50am.

It deployed one safety life air pack. Rescuers from the Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team were also on standby as a precaution.

The man was arrested after police officers entered the flat at about 2.50am. A knife was seized.