- Officers surround Audi at gunpoint and order two men to get out of the vehicle
- Suspects were dragged from the car and arrested as police trained guns on them
- A search of the Audi was carried out and a handgun was discovered, police said
- Diners in a restaurant caught footage of the arrest as officers swooped with guns
Incredible footage has captured the moment that armed police hunting Liverpool’s most wanted criminals swooped on an Audi and arrested two men at gunpoint.
Officers surrounded the silver estate outside the Tavern Company restaurant on Smithdown Road in Allerton, Liverpool before ordering the men to get out of the car.
Diners in the restaurant caught footage of the arrest as officers swooped with guns trained on the vehicle, before the men were dragged onto the floor.
A suspect was taken out and made to lie on the ground while officers carried out a search of the gun, which ended with the discovery of a handgun.
Officers surrounded the silver estate outside the Tavern Company restaurant on Smithdown Road in Allerton, Liverpool before ordering the men to get out of the car
![Witnesses said that the road was closed for more than an hour while police investigated the car](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/04/15/46FA337C00000578-5144203-image-a-65_1512402120215.jpg)
Witnesses said that the road was closed for more than an hour while police investigated the car
The incident occured just yards from the junction with Penny Lane, made famous by The Beatles.
A police cordon was quickly put in place and the Audi was later taken away for forensic examination.
The police response comes amid Operation Chapar, an operation aimed at tracking down Merseyside’s most wanted criminals
Dozens have been arrested in recent months and last week an updated list of the region’s most wanted was released.
The list includes fugitive killer Shaun Walmsley. He was serving a life sentence for the killing of Anthony Duffy
On Tuesday, February 22, he escaped from two prison officers during a visit to Aintree Hospital after two men, believed to be in possession of a gun and a knife, threatened the officers before escaping in a gold coloured Volvo.
There is no indication at present that the latest raid is connected with Walmsley.
![A police cordon was quickly put in place and the Audi was later taken away for forensic examination](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/04/15/46FA5C0200000578-5144203-image-a-64_1512402035332.jpg)
A police cordon was quickly put in place and the Audi was later taken away for forensic examination
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