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Heavily armed police arrest Kings Park man

A 30-year-old Kings Park man wanted in relation to a Caroline Springs home invasion has been arrested in dramatic fashion at a West Footscray house.

Heavily-armed police went to a house in First Street where a man had barricaded himself about 1pm.

About 2.15pm, police broke down the front door using a battering device attached to the roof of an armoured vehicle.

Shortly afterwards, a man and woman walked through the front door.

Both had their hands in the air, with the man coming first. He was made to lie on the ground next to the armoured vehicle.

He had been told repeatedly by police, via loudspeaker, to leave the house unarmed and with his hands in the air.

About 10 minutes after the arrest, the armoured vehicle reversed back over the flattened front fence, and left the house.

Special Operations Group officers also left the scene, on the corner of Rupert Street, leaving detectives to search the house and a car in the driveway.

The man, a 30-year-old from Kings Park, was wanted in relation to an aggravated burglary in Barn Elms Parade Caroline Springs on August 27.

Two men armed with a metal pole and a firearm forced their way into the residential property about 10.30pm by kicking in the front door, police allege.

A man and a woman were at the home at the time with their three children …

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