Armed police swooped on a vehicle at an intersection in a dramatic daytime arrest in Whangārei.

According to an eyewitness, two police cars and one unmarked car stopped a silver car near the intersection of Station, Gillingham and Corks Rds in Te Kamo at around 3:15pm. It followed reports of gunshots on Ashley Ave in nearby Raumaunga about two hours earlier.

The police all had guns pointed at the man while he got out of the car and was arrested.

No one was injured in the incident, police confirmed in a statement.

The witness, who was driving past with her children in the car, was surprised police were not warning bystanders about the presence of guns.

“This is all ridiculous and why I don’t let my eldest [child] walk anywhere,” she said.