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# Police issue update after armed officers swarm Plymouth street
- URL: https://www.plymouthplus.co.uk/police-issue-update-after-armed-officers-swarm-plymouth-street/
- Published: 2025-10-22T10:40:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-23T06:31:38.000Z
- Author: Seamus McCoy
- Tags: Devonport, News, #editors-picks

Armed police flooded Curtis Street in Plymouth after reports a man had been threatened last night (21 October).

A large emergency response was seen in the [Devonport](https://www.plymouthplus.co.uk/tag/devonport/) area, with at least six police vehicles and two [ambulances](https://www.plymouthplus.co.uk/tag/south-western-ambulance-service/) seen near Lyner House and the junction with Cumberland Street.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/74/83/7483ab0e-4e89-48b0-a2a9-d29bc2bbbe08/content/images/2025/10/IMG-20251021-WA0023-2.jpg)

The emergency response was outside of Lynher House. ****© Wayne Perry / Plymouth Plus**

Police say the man involved reported being approached and threatened by an unknown male on Cumberland Street before making his way to [Curtis Street](https://www.plymouthplus.co.uk/armed-police-flood-plymouth-street-as-serious-incident-unfolds/).

He was found with a cut to his chin and taken to [Derriford Hospital](https://www.plymouthplus.co.uk/tag/derriford-hospital/) as a precaution. A spokesperson for [Devon and Cornwall Police](https://www.plymouthplus.co.uk/tag/devon-and-cornwall-police/) told Plymouth Plus:

> "We were called by the ambulance service to Curtis Street, Plymouth, shortly after 9.15pm on Tuesday 21 October following a report a man had been assaulted.

> "Officers attended and spoke to the man who said he had been approached and threatened by an unknown male on Cumberland Street.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/74/83/7483ab0e-4e89-48b0-a2a9-d29bc2bbbe08/content/images/2025/10/LIVE--34--3.png)

Police at the scene. ****© Plymouth Plus**

> "He was found to have sustained a cut to the chin and was taken to hospital as a precaution.

> "Enquiries are ongoing."

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