Armed police arrested a man in Newlyn last week after a six-hour stand-off ended peacefully.Firearms officers were called to The Strand just before 7pm on Wednesday in response to reports that a man had produced a gun in the street.

The alleged incident followed a fight inside The Star Inn.

Police say all available units were immediately sent to the fishing port, among them an armed response unit from Bodmin.

A cordon was then set up around a property close to The Strand and police negotiators were drafted into the area in a bid to resolve the situation.

A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said: "At 6.49pm on Wednesday, December 6, police were notified of a fight in a public house in Newlyn where it was alleged that a male person had produced a firearm.

"A man was arrested at about 1am at a nearby address. After initially refusing to co-operate he was contacted by police negotiators and then persuaded to leave the address.

"No shots were fired and no injuries caused to any person."

A 40-year-old man from Camborne was arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.

He has been released on police bail until March 7, 2007.

Last Thursday police recovered a discarded handgun after a member of the public spotted it in the vicinity of The Strand.

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