A MAN has appeared in court following an incident in which armed police swooped on a property in Blackwood last week.

Robert Evan Hodson, aged 32, has been charged with affray, allegedly committed on February 6.

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The defendant, of Skenffrith Close, Grove Park, Blackwood, appeared before Newport magistrates.

His case was adjourned until March 6 and he was granted conditional bail.