Man arrested following seven-hour 'rooftop standoff' in town centre
A man has been arrested following a seven-hour "police stand-off" in a town centre. Emergency services were called to the Ffordd Las area of Rhyl following reports a man had climbed onto the roof of a property on the street on Wednesday evening.
A police cordon was put in place, and people were asked to avoid the area. Police said the incident came to a conclusion at around 1am on Thursday.
A spokesperson said: "A man remains in police custody after being arrested following an incident in Rhyl last night (Wednesday, 18th June).
"Officers were called to reports of concern for safety of a man believed to have climbed onto a roof of a property on Ffordd Las shortly before 5:30pm.
"Emergency services were deployed, and a 43-year-old man remained on the roof until shortly before 1am this morning. He was arrested on suspicion of burglary, criminal damage and assault.
"A police cordon was put in place and the road was closed to allow emergency services to bring the incident to a safe conclusion.
"The road re-opened at around 2am and we'd like to thank the local community and members of the public for their patience whilst we dealt with the incident."
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