POLICE were called to a suburban street after a resident allegedly threatened to kill a court bailiff with a shotgun.

The drama happened when the bailiff made a call to a house in Ramillies Road, Blackfen, near Sidcup.

The bailiff said the 35-year-old man produced a sawn-off shotgun and threatened to shoot him.

The police sealed off the road and surrounded the house. They went inside and arrested a man, bringing him out in handcuffs.

A police spokeswoman said a man had been bailed to return to Bexleyheath Police station on Tuesday, November 9.

The spokeswoman added that so far nobody had been charged in connection with the incident.

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