Emergency services are on the scene of a disturbance outside the Tyne Tunnel Trading Estate this morning (March 27).

Northumbria Police remain at the site in North Shields, North Tyneside.

A police cordon is in place and a forensics tent has now been erected. Police sniffer dogs are scouring the area and a car has been removed from the scene.

The Northern Echo: A police sniffer dog on the scene at the Tyne Tunnel Trading Estate at North Shields in North TynesideA police sniffer dog on the scene at the Tyne Tunnel Trading Estate at North Shields in North Tyneside (Image: NORTH NEWS)

Much of the police activity has been centred on a sandwich shop on the estate.

A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson said they deployed two ambulances and a medical response car to the scene.

A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: “Just after 8.40am this morning (Wednesday), police received a report of a disturbance outside a premises on the Tyne Tunnel Trading Estate in North Shields, North Tyneside.

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“Emergency services are currently on scene.”

A NEAS spokesperson said: “We were called at 8.29 this morning to an incident at Tyne Tunnel Trading Estate.

“We dispatched a clinical team leader, two double crewed ambulances and the medical response car from Great North Air Ambulance.”