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Two taken into custody after overnight standoff in North Central Regina

Regina Police are releasing very little information at this time but the 1400 block of Princess Street has just re-opened after what appears to have been an early morning stand-off. Stewart Manhas / Global News

Two people were taken into custody Thursday morning after an overnight standoff involving SWAT team negotiators and an explosives unit in North Central Regina.

At around 11:38 p.m. Wednesday night, Regina police said officers were called to the 1400 block of Princess Street for a report of people who had come to the house with a gun and other weapons.

Police arrived and interviewed a 22-year-old man who had left the house. Officers then set up a perimeter and tried to contact people inside the house.

Police said a 22-year-old woman did leave the house but police were unable to communicate with other occupants.

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Due to a potential gun in the house, a SWAT team was brought in. The team used an armoured vehicle to get closer to the house and continue negotiating.

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A robot was used by the Explosives Disposal Unit to get a landline phone into the house while another robot searched the main level of the house.

Below is video of the Regina Police robot searching the resident:

Police said when the occupants still refused to come out, the SWAT team put gas in the basement.

At around 6:20 a.m, a 34-year-old man and a 26-year-old man came out of the house and taken into custody. Police have completed a search warrant of the house and are continuing to investigate.

There is no information on charges at this time.

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