Man detained after stand-off

Residents on the Dunollie estate in Oban watched the drama unfold from their windows, after police instructed them to lock their doors and stay inside.

Officers with guns and riot shields, backed by the Strathclyde force's dog unit and helicopter, surrounded the area.

And police negotiators were drafted in to coax a man, who is understood to suffer from mental health problems, to come out, after earlier reports that he was carrying a knife.

A resident at Grahame Court, who did not want to be named, said:

"I saw two of them (police] coming in with guns, then a massive white van came and four or five police came out of it with long-barreled guns."

A Strathclyde Police spokesman said: "Police attended a report of a disturbance on Saturday evening,

and a male was subsequently detained and taken to hospital for assessment."