A man who barricaded himself inside his residence holding a suspicious looking package was taken out by the police at 9pm following an operation that lasted several hours.

The police said this evening they were informed at 1.45pm that a man was inside his house in Triq il-Port Ħieles, Biżebbuġa with a suspicious looking package.

The police and the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit of the Armed Forces of Malta went on site and evacuated neighbours as a precaution.

The man was asked to get out of the house but he refused. He was eventually taken out of the house at 9pm.

The police said the man was receiving care even though he was not injured.

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