ARMED police are currently at the scene of an incident in Gwent.

Police closed the B4239 coast road in Peterstone, between the Six Bells pub and Sluice Gate Farm, since early this morning, after police received information about an incident.

Insp Christopher Hocking-Brown of Gwent Police said officers are in the process of setting up an armed containment around a premises on the closed road.

He said: "We don't know exactly what we're dealing with yet."

Officers are currently trying to confirm the details of the incident and two armed officers are patrolling the roads just yards from the Six Bells pub.