Heavily armed police have surrounded a motel in Laverton as part of an ongoing investigation.
A number of people are inside the Westside Hotel Motel on the corner of Leakes and Fitzgerald roads in Laverton in Melbourne’s south west while police conduct the negotiations.
A Victoria Police spokeswoman said the officers were negotiating with suspects.
She said Special Operations Group officers were assisting in an attempt to take in to custody people inside the building.
Staff at the business declined to comment.
Via The Age, Craig Butt & Nino Bucci
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#BREAKING Tense standoff at Laverton motel ends. One person in custody. pic.twitter.com/hBdA797FUi
— 7 News Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) July 14, 2016
#BREAKING Laverton siege: One person in custody. SOG police still have weapons drawn, focusing on motel room. pic.twitter.com/4uLwYTrlNd — 7 News Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) July 14, 2016
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One man has been arrested during a tense stand off between police and suspects at a motel in Laverton. #9News pic.twitter.com/vDFmMiY30t — Nine News Melbourne (@9NewsMelb) July 14, 2016
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Special Operations Group police are negotiating with suspects holed up in a Laverton motel. #9News pic.twitter.com/wKOmHxdGZq — Nine News Melbourne (@9NewsMelb) July 14, 2016
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siege at Laverton motel worksites evacuated, roads closed. SOG surround two people in an apartment @7NewsMelbourne pic.twitter.com/56T4F9KOFd — Jacqueline Felgate (@Jacquifelgate) July 14, 2016
