Two men accused of sparking a six-hour siege in inner-Brisbane after allegedly firing a shot at police have faced court.

December 4, 2018

Two men allegedly at the centre of a six-hour siege that brought inner-Brisbane to a standstill have faced court, charged with 40 offences.

Ross John Dolan, 29, and Christopher John Matthews, 33, appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

Matthews has been charged with 21 offences and Dolan with 19, including illegal possession of weapons.

The men were arrested by police after the stand-off in a unit of an apartment block in Auchenflower, surrendering peacefully to officers at 4.40pm on Monday.

No details of the offences were read out in court, however police said on Monday that the siege started around 11am when officers investigating a string of break-ins on Brisbane’s southside went to the unit to find two armed men.

One of the men allegedly fired a shot at officers, causing an immediate lockdown of the surrounding area, including busy Coronation Drive.

All bus services through the area were suspended and all traffic on the nearby Brisbane River was also halted, including ferries.

The lockdown prevented some people from leaving or travelling to Wesley Hospital, which was just over the road from the unit complex; however, ambulances were still able to get through.

The hospital did not need to be evacuated, but police did move some people out of rooms on the side of the hospital closest to where Monday’s incident took place.

It’s alleged Dolan and Matthews were renting the unit where the siege took place and had only been there for a few days.

Police also allegedly seized several firearms from the unit after they surrendered.

They were remanded in custody to reappear in the same court on January 21.