Overview
- ACT Policing advised Whitlam residents to remain indoors from about 8:30pm on Christmas Eve as a lockdown took effect.
- Officers responded to reports of a person seen with a firearm in the north Canberra suburb.
- Police said a 39-year-old man is in custody, no other people are being sought, and no charges have been laid.
- Multiple units, roadblocks and fire crews were deployed, with heavily armed officers securing the area.
- Authorities said there is no ongoing threat to the community and that residents will be notified when the operation concludes.