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Armed police responded as a precaution (file photo).
Police responded to a firearm incident near Ōpōtiki on Saturday night.
A man was spotted about 6pm wandering near State Highway 2 close to the town holding a firearm, police said.
The firearm was not discharged.
However, as a precaution armed police attended the incident.
The small, eastern Bay of Plenty town has seen a brief increase in both police and gang presence as a consequence of the death and tangi of Mongrel Mob Barbarians president Steven Taiatini.
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