Garage sealed off and roads closed during police incident in busy part of Northampton

Logan MacLeod
By Logan MacLeod
Published 11th Jan 2023, 22:06 BST
Updated 12th Jan 2023, 10:01 BST
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A heavy police presence was at the scene

Roads were closed and a garage sealed off during a police incident in Northampton tonight (Wednesday).

At around 9.20pm a spokesman for the force said: “Please can motorists avoid Gordon Street and Lower Hester Street Northampton, which are currently closed to traffic. Emergency services are currently in attendance at the location dealing with an incident.

“Thank you for your patience.”

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Five police car and several officers had cordoned off the area around the Easy Fix Autos garage in St Andrew's Road from Gordon Street to Hester Street.Five police car and several officers had cordoned off the area around the Easy Fix Autos garage in St Andrew's Road from Gordon Street to Hester Street.
Five police car and several officers had cordoned off the area around the Easy Fix Autos garage in St Andrew's Road from Gordon Street to Hester Street.

Just before 10pm the Chron were at the scene where police had taped off Easy Fix Autos in St Andrew’s Road.

Five police car and several officers had cordoned off the area around the garage from Gordon Street to Hester Street.

By around 10.30pm the road had reopened to traffic.

It has not yet been confirmed by Northamptonshire Police what the incident related to or whether any arrests have been made.

Police attention was focused around Easy Fix Autos in St Andrew's RodPolice attention was focused around Easy Fix Autos in St Andrew's Rod
Police attention was focused around Easy Fix Autos in St Andrew's Rod

*******UPDATE********

Northamptonshire Police say they were called to reports of an attack on a man at a business premises in St Andrews Road, Semilong at about 8.20pm last night (Wednesday, January 11). Click here to read more.