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Roads closed and arrests made in town incident

News imageRichard Knights/BBC A close-up of part of a torn police cordon tied around a black lamppost. I the background are houses and cars parked at the side of a road.Richard Knights/BBC
Police and other emergency services dealt with the incident in the town centre

Roads were closed and arrests made as police dealt with an incident that began in a town centre on Saturday night.

Police were initially called to a fight in Grosvenor Road in Lowestoft, Suffolk, at about 18:45 BST on Saturday.

A man and a teenage boy were subsequently arrested and remain in custody.

Closures were put in place on St John's Road and Mill Road on Sunday, but the area has now reopened and a further man has been arrested.

Suffolk Police said the ongoing incident was "safely resolved" at about 10:20 on Sunday.

A 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault, robbery, assaulting police officers and criminal damage.

Two other people, a man, 40, and a boy, 13, were arrested in connection with the incident on Saturday and both remain in custody.

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