CONCERNED neighbours watched on as armed police surrounded a home on a Worcester road over fears someone may have a knife. 

Police were called to an address on Wheelwright Close, in Brickfields, at 5.30pm on Monday, September 23 after they received reports that someone had a knife. 

An eyewitness who lives nearby said he became concerned after his partner arrived home and told him that police had informed her there was a 'life-threatening situation' unfolding on the road.

While searching a property on the road, armed officers recovered a knife and also discovered drugs.

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Enquiries into what happened at the property are ongoing.

The eyewitness told the Worcester News the first he was aware of the incident was when his partner arrived back home from work and told him what was going on.

By 6.50pm, about 20 armed police were on the scene.

From his house window, the eyewitness saw police swarm around a nearby apartment block.

The man was able to take several images of the incident, including some of the armed police being stationed outside his back garden.

It is understood the police remained at the scene for around two hours, with the eyewitness able to record them leaving Wheelwright Close.

According to the eyewitness, police surrounded one of the apartment blocks on Wheelwright Close before moving to a house nearby.

He told the Worcester News: "I found out about the armed police because my partner was arriving from work and told me, and she was told not to go past and to go home as there was a life-threatening situation happening.

"There were loads of armed police surrounding the houses.

"We weren't sure what happened exactly but there was a heavy police presence for sure.

"Once the police finished in the block of apartments, they went over to one of the houses opposite."

The eyewitness added the situation was 'concerning.'

A West Mercia Police spokesperson said: "Officers were called to an address on Wheelwright Close in Worcester on Monday, September 23 at around 5.30pm, following a report of someone in possession of a knife.

"Armed officers attended and searched the property where a knife was recovered, along with a quantity of drugs. Enquiries are now ongoing."

Anyone with information should contact West Mercia Police.