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Man in custody after siege inside Sydney house

A man is in custody after a siege that locked down part of a western Sydney street for hours on Thursday.

The man, armed with a knife, had been holed up with a woman inside the house on Denison Street, Carramar, since about 1pm.

A police spokeswoman said he was removed shortly before 10pm and was assisting police.

https://twitter.com/9NewsSyd/status/1382606202140512258A siege is underway in south-west Sydney with an armed man holed up in a house in Carramar.

The woman had also left the house and was uninjured, the spokeswoman said.

Heavily armed police have been on the suburban street for at least five hours.

At one stage the man could be heard yelling: "I'm not coming out, I'm not going back to jail".

Heavily armed police earlier flooded the area and the street was locked down for at least eight hours.

Some officers were carrying what appeared to be circular saws.

The man is believed to have threatened police with a knife when they went to check on him.