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Charges laid over four-hour stand-off in Canberra
A man has been charged over a four-hour stand-off with police in Spence in the ACT.
Three people were arrested and a rifle was seized after the siege on Friday morning.
Detectives attended the property on O'Neill Street with a search warrant but two men and a woman inside the apartment refused to come out.
Neighbours were warned to stay inside and negotiators were called in.
At 10:00am a police specialist response team entered the property and found three people in a bedroom.
All three were arrested.
A 25-year-old man from Casey has been charged with unauthorised possession of a prohibited firearm and possession of ammunition.
He will face the ACT Magistrates Court on Saturday.
