A police helicopter has been spotted circling Swindon on Tuesday afternoon after officers raced to an incident at a nearby retail park.
The helicopter could be spotted hovering over multiple areas of east Swindon including Covingham and Dorcan.
This comes after multiple police cars made their way over to Mannington Retail Park following an incident earlier this afternoon.
Police helicopter is up over the Dorcan and Covingham area this afternoon. It's unknown if this is connected to the ongoing police presence at Mannington retail park on the other side of town.
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Three police cars could be seen parked close to the retail park with officers standing guard and patrolling the surrounding areas.
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Tape had been put in place to cordon off nearby areas of woodland while the underpass at the location was completely taped off as well.
An ambulance had also been in attendance at the site and one person was taken to Great Western Hospital following the incident.
A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) said: “We were called at 14:19hrs on Tuesday 17 October to an incident on Great Western Way, Swindon.
“We sent a double-crewed land ambulance and an operations officer and conveyed one patient by land ambulance to Great Western Hospital.”
It remains unclear as to whether the police helicopter’s circling of Swindon is related to the incident at Mannington.
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