A man has been charged after an armed offenders squad callout in central Hawke's Bay on Saturday night which closed State Highway 2.
Police were called to a domestic disturbance at an address in Otane just after 8pm, where a person was reported to have fired a shotgun into the air.
There were no reported injuries.
The armed offenders squad was called and cordons were in place until around 11:45pm.
A 51-year-old Hawke's Bay man has been charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, discharging a firearm near a dwelling, and threatening behaviour, and is due to appear in Hastings District Court on March 3.
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