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BREAKING NEWS: Five 'gunmen' are arrested in a busy Westfield shopping centre

Published: 03:06 EST, 16 January 2019 | Updated: 04:16 EST, 16 January 2019

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Five men with replica guns have been arrested in a busy Westfield shopping centre.

Police were called to Westfield Chatswood on Spring Street in Sydney's Lower North Shore about 6pm on Wednesday after they received reports of men with firearms.

Frightened shoppers in the busy shopping centre watched on as officers from North Shore Police Area Command swooped in and arrested five men.

Five people with replica guns have been arrested in a busy Westfield shopping centre

Dramatic images captured at the scene show eight police officers pinning the suspects to the ground and handcuffing them.

The men were then taken to Chatwood and North Sydney police stations for questioning and number of replica firearms were seized at the scene.

Police told Daily Mail Australia no one was injured during the terrifying incident.

One of the arrested men was an 18-year-old while the remaining four included a juvenile aged 16 and three others aged 17, police said.

'Three of the men have been taken back to Chatwood Police Station and two of them are at North Sydney Police Station,' a police spokeswoman said.

Police are continuing their investigations.

More to come.

Frightened shoppers in Westfield Chatswood watched on as the dramatic arrests unfolded and officers from North Shore Police Area Command arrested five men