Update emergency situation, White Rock
A man has been taken into custody following an incident in White Rock today.
Officers were called to an address on Progress Road around 8.30am following reports that a man was inside the residence with a gas bottle.
Officers were able to enter the residence around 2.35pm and take the man into custody without any further incident or injury.
He has been taken to Cairns Hospital for medical treatment.
The earlier emergency declaration remains in place, however it is now confined to the perimeter of the house that the man was in.
Investigations are continuing.
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