A man remains in custody after emergency services descended upon a street in Great Horton in a large police operation.
Police swooped on an address on Shirley Road, off St Margaret's Road, on Sunday night, executing a warrant and making an arrest.
In a statement, a spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said: "Police executed a warrant and arrested a man on suspicion of handling stolen goods. The man aged 27 years old remains in police custody at this time.
"Searches are being carried out at a business on Shirley Road whilst enquiries are ongoing by Bradford CID."
The man remains in custody today (Tuesday, March 28) whilst the investigation continues.
Residents reported initially seeing one police vehicle from around 10pm on Sunday before a huge police response followed closer to midnight, which included at least eight police cars, assisted by a helicopter.
One local resident told the T&A: "It's like a movie scene.
"The police were here last night, around 11pm I think.
"You could hear the choppers out. It made me wonder what is happening?"
The police continued into Monday morning and afternoon, with multiple police vehicles, a Hazmat unit and two incident response unit ambulances at the scene.
There were three cordons up, one on Shirley Road and two closing off alley access to the side and back of the site from Roslyn Place.
The police were also carrying out their investigation at the back of the site, which appeared to be a small scrapyard with a number of junk vehicles and a small caravan which was being investigated by an officer in a protective white suit.
The large police response on Sunday night followed by a continued large response of emergency vehicles at the scene on Monday caused uneasiness in a tight-knit community of local residents who shared their concerns.
"It's absolute madness," said another resident.
"The local community is shaken up because it's Ramadan now.
"This has just made it crazy around the clock."
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"There was quite a lot of activity last night," said another resident. "I heard a lot of noise. I came out and saw police.
"It's unusual to see so many police. This is quite a peaceful area."
The police scene and cordon closed at least two local businesses.
Their owners spoke about the disruption.
Yasir Mahmood, of One Stop Auto Repair, says police have been in the area since last night and have not informed him why.
He said: "They have not told us anything.
"The whole complex has been shut.
"It has caused disruption. We have had to cancel all of our bookings today."
Another man who runs a samosa production shop next door also had to close due to the investigation.
Umar Shabir, owner of Asim Samosas, said: "I can't trade today. It's peak time. I got orders I need to get out but I had to close and send staff back home.
"I'm just waiting to see what the outcome is. Better to be safe than sorry."
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