Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 29 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release:
A 45-year-old Calwell man will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning after police will allege he barricaded himself and another woman in his home for more than six hours yesterday afternoon.
At about 12.20pm yesterday afternoon, police attended a Calwell home to perform a welfare check on the man.
Upon arriving at the home, police observed several physical barricades in and around the house, including steel bars, glass fragments and steel barricades.
While attempting to speak to the owner of the house, police will allege they heard two loud bangs and smelt burnt explosive powder.
Police then called in the AFP's Tactical Response Unit and negotiators to he...