PHOTO UPDATE: Armed police at the scene of village '˜stand off'

Police are in a tense standoff with an armed person in Smallfield. Photos by SWNS.

Police said officers carried out a pre-planned raid on a property in Careys Road, in Smallfield, at 6am.

Surrey Police said a person was seen in possession of a suspected firearm. They are still in the property.

A spokesman for Surrey Police said the police helicopter was also called along with armed officers and they are in a ‘stand off’ outside the home.

No hostages are believed to be inside the property and it is not thought to be terror related.

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