Armed police action in Dalane – the police have control of two people

Armed police are in place at an address in Dalane, after receiving threats. The police must have control over two people. The campaign is still ongoing.

– We are at an address in Dalane. We have control over the situation, there should be no danger to people, but we do not have control over those involved, says operations manager Irene Ragnhildstveit in the Sør-West police district to Stavanger Aftenblad.

The police write on X that on the night of Sunday, threats against the police related to the address in question were called in, and that these are people the police already know.

The police therefore decided to search the address. Because the police know the persons in question, it was decided that the police should be armed during the mission.

Event night to Sunday

– We cannot ignore the fact that they are in possession of weapons, that is why we are armed on the spot, Ragnhildstveit told Aftenbladet.

At 16.15 the police confirm that they have control over two people, but that no one has been formally arrested.

The campaign is still ongoing.

Just after 1pm on Sunday, readers reported to Aftenbladet about a large police presence at a residence in Dalane. There must have been talk of several patrol cars with armed police forces.

For a long time, the police allegedly tried to get the people inside the house to come out voluntarily, without success.

A neighbor tells Aftenbladet that the police have a drone in the area.

– I have a good view of the house. There are many well-armed police present. I hear that they are trying to talk to those inside, without getting any response, I think, says the neighbour.

Must have used gas

The neighbor claims he was asked to stay inside by the police.

After a while, a video sent to Stavanger Aftenblad shows how the police, using a megaphone, tell the people inside the house to move away from the window, because they are going to fire gas cartridges.

In the same video, the people inside the house are asked to come out with their hands visible.

The neighbor tells Aftenbladet at 3.40pm that he has not seen anyone come out of the house after this.

At around 16.00 the neighbor says that he must have observed the police entering the address.

The case is updated.