Gold Coast police arrest man after a siege in a Labrador unit on Brown Street

The man at the centre of the almost 20 hour siege on the Gold Coast had screwed the door shut to his townhouse.

The man at the centre of the almost 20 hour siege on the Gold Coast had screwed the door shut to his townhouse.

The siege began when police were called to a Jabiru Landing home on Brown Street in Labrador at 2.45pm on Tuesday after a disturbance.

It did not end until tactical police forcibly entered the door about 8.25am on Wednesday.

Police had originally told media the initial call was at 4.30pm on Tuesday.

During the siege residents of Jabiru Landing had to contend with a large portion of the complex being taped off and multiple police, fire crews and paramedics on scene.

The immediate neighbours were evacuated from their homes.

Police have arrested a man after a siege at a Gold Coast home.

Gold Coast Police Acting Inspector Warren Parker said police were called to a domestic violence matter.

The 46-year-old man, who was alone when police arrived, then refused to leave the home.

Insp Parker said the man did not make any threats to himself or to other people.

“There were reports of a gas bottle inside upon investigations this morning,” he said.

“We have made that area safe.”

He said advice from the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services was there was not sufficient gas to “cause an issue”.

Insp Parker said the man made no threats in relation to the gas bottle.

He said no one else was in the home when police arrived at the scene but that the man had screwed the door closed.

Gold Coast police were called to a unit on Brown Street in Labrador around 4.30pm on Tuesday because of a “disturbance”.

Insp Parker said the man “wasn’t making any demands or police”.

Multiple teams of negotiators were seen in the area.

Insp Parker said the man had spoken to them during the night but there were some points where he was silent.

“Our main goal is to take the person into custody,” he said.

“And yes if we have to talk to a person for a lengthy period that’s what we will do.”

The siege ended when specialist police forced their way into the home.

Insp Parker said during the arrest the 46-year-old had been “actually quite courteous” with police.

He said the man is in police custody and uninjured.

Insp Parker said he is likely to face charges including obstructing police.

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Police have arrested a man after a 16 hour siege at a Gold Coast home.

Gold Coast police were called to a unit on Brown Street in Labrador around 4.30pm on Tuesday because of a “disturbance”.

Siege enters 11th hour as police continue to negotiate with man. Picture from a neighbouring house.

There was reports a man had holed himself up inside the home with a gas bottle and was threatening to explode it.

Police taped off the home where the man had locked himself inside.

Officers were seen speaking to each other behind the tape.

The home was at the back of the Jabiru Landing unit complex which consists of a number of town house homes.

Few residents were seen in the complex.

Police have arrested a man after a siege at a Gold Coast home.

Brown Street resident Missy Robinson, who has lived in the street for eight years, says she “can now say living in Labrador isn’t that great”.

“I’ve lived here for nearly ten years and have never experienced any issues before now until this siege,” she said.

“My girlfriend lives in the Jabiru Landing complex and she has two young children so it’s obviously quite worrying.

“Something is happening. Looks like a SWAT team has arrived and are huddling around the door.”

Police have arrested a man after a 16 hour siege at a Gold Coast home.

Another resident of complex told the Bulletin he arrived home from shopping at Aldi to find police at the unit.

“There was a cop car that pulled in and it just started from that,” he said.

“Then this morning I walk out me door and there is cop cars, tape – it’s all going on.

“Then my dad calls me and said there was a siege going on and I was like, yeah, alight.”

Mr Leavett-Brown said he had been at the complex for about five months.

He said he did not know the man involved but that the man kept to himself.

Gold Coast police were called to a unit on Brown Street in Labrador around 4.30pm on Tuesday because of a “disturbance”.

At 7.30pm an emergency situation was declared which resulted in residents from a complex next to the home being evacuated.

Three ambulance cars have since left the scene.

A group of firefighters were seen walking in carrying their protective equipment.

A police van was also spotted leaving the college.

Siege enters 11th hour as police continue to negotiate with man.

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