A Gold Coast suburb is closed while police continue to negotiate with two men hiding in a house.
The siege began in Nerang around 5 pm yesterday and continued until this morning.
The men are in a duplex that is believed to be owned by an elderly couple.
A police siege is underway on the Gold Coast. (9 News)
Residents of Riverpark Drive, McLaren Road, Kopwhai Place and Inverness Street have been subject to an exclusion order, meaning those who were home at that time cannot leave and those who were away cannot return.
People were still being turned down at police checkpoints this morning.
Police are believed to be negotiating with two men who are wanted for a return order to prison.
9News understands that men are being sought for questioning by the shooting of a police beating in Arundel earlier this week.
Two officers were inside the raid when the shooting occurred around 3:45 a.m. on June 6, but no one was injured.
Police also want to interrogate the men for a shooting in Coolangatta on June 4 in which a man driving with his wife and son was injured.