Motorists on Eastern Hutt Road are asked to use alternative routes after a heavy vehicle clipped a power pole, bringing down lines. 

Cordons are in place at the intersection of Market Road and Great South Road, Epsom, after a fleeing driver was stopped by Police this evening. 

Cordons around Tedder Street, Saint Kilda, have now been lifted following the earlier firearms incident. 

Charges will be considered for the person taken into custody.