Armed robbers’ strike Surrey pub – as police swoop on area to close off road
- Police were called to a ‘firearms incident’ on Guildford Road, Surrey this morning
- Surrey Police said there were reports of an armed robbery at Lion Brewery pub
- Residents were not allowed in or out of their homes as police responded to calls
Armed robbers have struck a pub in Surrey with police ordering people to remain inside their homes as they dealt with the ‘firearms incident’.
Officers blocked off roads near the scene while several police cars, some filled with armed officers, responded to the situation.
Surrey Police confirmed that they had been called out to reports of an armed robbery at the Lion Brewery pub in Ash.
Surrey Police confirmed that they had been called out to reports of an armed robbery at the Lion Brewery pub in Ash
A statement from the force said: ‘Officers are currently at the scene following reports of an armed robbery at the Lion Brewery in Ash.
‘Police were called to the address in Guildford Road around 8.20am today.
‘The road was closed while officers dealt with the incident but is expected to reopen shortly.’
Guildford Road in Ash was this morning blocked off by police cars, eye witnesses said.
Officers blocked off roads near the scene while several police cars, some filled with armed officers, responded to the situation
Residents also reported being ordered not to leave their homes while police dealt with the ‘firearms incident’
Residents also reported being ordered not to leave their homes while police dealt with the ‘firearms incident’.
An Ash Green resident told SurreyLive: ‘I was turned around by a police car with flashing lights in Harper’s Road.
‘I thought it was a car crash and asked [a police officer] to get around, but she said ‘it is a firearms incident and we are not letting anyone in or out’.
‘When I was talking to her there was blue tape and they weren’t letting residents, or people caught in it, out.’
Julien Tidmarsh said on social media there was a ‘containment area’ in effect around the incident after police reportedly told residents to remain inside their homes
Julien Tidmarsh said on social media there was a ‘containment area’ in effect around the incident.
He wrote to Surrey Police on Twitter saying: ‘Do you know when we will be allowed to return home due to the current containment area on the Guildford Road?’
Guildford Road reopened just after 11am this morning.
On its website, the Lion Brewery pub in Ash describes itself as a ‘traditional English public house located in the rural Surrey countryside’. The pub also offers Bed and Breakfast.
An investigation into the armed robbery is ongoing police confirmed.
More to follow.