Overview
- Merseyside Police were called just after 8:45pm on Wednesday to a property on Upper Parliament Street in the L8 area.
- Officers closed the road near the African Caribbean Centre, halting traffic with buses caught inside the cordon.
- A man was arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm and taken into custody, according to police.
- No weapon has been found so far as officers searched the street with torches and entered nearby properties.
- The road, which was shut during the response around Falkner Terrace, was later reopened as enquiries continued.