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Ramsgate: Armed police arrest man 'breaking into property with axe' on Newcastle Hill

12:33, 18 September 2018

updated: 13:43, 18 September 2018

Armed officers have swooped on a town centre to arrest a man allegedly trying to break into a property with an axe.

A 28-year-old has been detained and remains in custody after police were scrambled to Kennedy House in Newcastle Hill in Ramsgate.

No one is thought to have been injured in the incident.

Armed police at the scene in Ramsgate (4234146)
Armed police at the scene in Ramsgate (4234146)

Police were called out to the man, who is from Ramsgate, at 10.31am.

Inquiries are ongoing.

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