POLICE vans, including a Crime Scene Investigation vehicle, are in attendance on Abbey Road, Barrow.
A spokesperson for Cumbria Police said: "Officers were called to an incident of robbery at a house on Abbey Road. A vehicle has been stopped and one male has been detained by Greater Manchester Police."
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